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- [c. 1967] (Creation)
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1 audio reel
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard ‘Dick’ Cameron was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1929. He came to Ireland in the mid-1950s and was heavily involved in the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s and instrumental in the establishment of the An Góilín Singers Club, founded by Tim Dennehy and Dónal de Barra in 1979. His warm baritone made him popular on the radio, where he hosted the Ballads of a Saturday series on Radio Telefís Éireann and appeared in many other folk music programmes. He died in Dublin in 1997.
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Scope and content
Audio reel containing a recording of a programme in the Radio Telefís Éireann series Ballads of a Saturday produced by Colin Morrison and hosted by Dick Cameron and Elizabeth Colclough, who perform the songs ‘Pretty Little Miss (I’ll Be Sixteen on Suday)’, ‘Kisses Sweeter than Wine’, ‘Blackbirds and Thrushes’, ‘Git Along, Little Dogies (Whoopie Ti Yi Yo)’ and ‘Poor Paddy on the Railway’. The programme concludes at 00:15:21 and is followed by 50 minutes of an impromptu recording of Dick Cameron chatting and playing with a child called Robin [his son?]. At 01:06:25, there follows a recording made on 13 May 1967, in which Jonathan Hanahan gives a talk on narcissism and the marriage crisis. Duration 02:01:50.
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No access to magnetic tape. For digital access to contents, please consult with the staff.
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Language of material
- Béarla
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Reel of magnetic tape requiring a reel-to-reel player.