Peter Ostroushko interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 1/23/2019 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history collection.

Peter Ostroushko Interview Part 03

Peter Ostroushko Interview Part 02

Peter Ostroushko Interview Part 01

Oral History Project

Mary O'Driscoll Interview Part 03

Mary O'Driscoll Interview Part 02

Mary O'Driscoll Interview Part 01

The audio components of an audiovisual exhibition by the same title, including soundbites from our oral history project. Listen to Jenny Bach, Laura McKenzie, Nick Lethert, Sheila Jordan, and others share their experience.

Jenny Bach - Debut Of Mooncoin

Jenny Bach - Collecting Set Dances In Ireland

from the album Minnesota Lumberjack Songs by Brian Miller. Purchase here: https://evergreentrad.bandcamp.com/album/minnesota-lumberjack-songs

Minnesota Lumberjack Songs 

08 Mickey Free

Michael Cassius Dean sings "Jerry Go Oil the Car." Recorded in Canton, NY on a wax cylinder in September 1924 by Robert Winslow Gordon. This file is a composite of two separate cylinder recordings made by Gordon during his visit to Dean. From the collection of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.

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Michael Dean -- Jerry Go Oil The Car

Pokegama Bear - Brian Miller

The Lost Forty (Brian Miller & Randy Gosa) performs "The Day I Played Baseball"

10 The Day I Played Baseball

John McCormick on how the Brian Boru got their uniforms.

The saffron kilt

Mike Whalen and Jenny Bach describe the first public céilís at the Odd Fellows Hall.

It was packed

Patrick Hill talks with about what makes the St. Paul Irish community special.

Recorded by Charlie Heymann in the late 1970s
Thanks to Charlie Heymann for contributing this recording.

Here in St. Paul is the best place in the world

John McCormick and Nick Lethert talk about growing up “Irish” in St. Paul and the Irish vs. German basketball games at St. Mark’s.

The Irish Team

Ann Heymann, Martin McHugh and Jenny Bach remember the central role played by the Dayhills in the 1970s.

Parties came through when Barbara and Tom came through

Mike Whalen, Ann Heymann and Sam Dillon talk about house parties and the social nature of the scene.

The house parties were massive

Sheila Jordan and Nick Lethert talk about the magical late night sessions in the apartment above MacCafferty’s where visiting musicians would stay.

McKiernan Library Oral History

Upstairs from MacCafferty's

Jamie Gans interviewed by Dáithí Sproule, 5/7/2018 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community (1950-1990)

Jamie Gans Interview Part 01

Tom Dahill interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 10/10/2017 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community: 1950-1990”

Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community

Tom Dahill Interview Part 01

Nick Lethert interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 12/1/2017 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community: 1950-1990”

Nick Lethert Interview Part 01

Martin McHugh interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 12/12/2017 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community: 1950-1990”

Martin McHugh Interview Part 01

Ann Heymann interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 1/3/2018 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community: 1950-1990”

Ann Heymann Interview Part 02

Mike Whalen interviewed by Dáithí Sproule on 4/5/2018 for the Eoin McKiernan Library's oral history project: "Irish Music and Musicians in the Twin Cities Community: 1950-1990”

Mike Whalen Interview Part 01

Mike Whalen Interview Part 02

Mike Whalen Interview Part 03

Dónal Maguire at a concert on November 9th, 2008 held in the St. Paul Conservatory of Music recital hall in St. Paul, MN. The concert was part of an Irish Music and Song Weekend co-presented by the Traditional Singers Club and the Center for Irish Music that also featured musicians Sean and Clodagh Ryan of Chicago. Recorded by Dan Rein and Mario Vano. "Banks of the Rhine" is a composition of Galway singer Brian O'Rourke.

Banks Of The Rhine / Dónal Maguire singing in English

Len Graham at a Traditional Singers Club concert, April 12th, 2008 held in the St. Paul Conservatory of Music recital hall in St. Paul, MN. Recorded by Dan Rein and Mario Vano.

Castle Garden / Len Graham singing in English

Dónal Maguire at a concert on November 9th, 2008 held in the St. Paul Conservatory of Music recital hall in St. Paul, MN. The concert was part of an Irish Music and Song Weekend co-presented by the Traditional Singers Club and the Center for Irish Music that also featured musicians Sean and Clodagh Ryan of Chicago. Recorded by Dan Rein and Mario Vano.

Wild Rover / Dónal Maguire singing in English

Laura MacKenzie at a Traditional Singers Club concert, April 15th, 2007 held in the St. Paul Conservatory of Music recital hall in St. Paul, MN. Recorded by Dan Rein and Mario Vano.

The Knight Templar's Dream / Laura MacKenzie singing in English

Máirtín de Cógáin at a Traditional Singers Club concert, December 6th, 2009 held in the Celtic Junction (studio 2)in St. Paul, MN. Recorded by Dan Rein and Mario Vano.

The Leprechaun / Máirtín de Cógáin singing in English

The Doherty Family Recordings were made by members of the Tony and Margaret Doherty Family at their home on Selby Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1958. They feature the family patriarch Anthony (Tony) Vincent Doherty (1896–1972) on fiddle, daughter Margaret (Marge) Doherty on piano and accordion, daughter Mary Doherty on piano and daughter Joan Doherty on piano. One of the daughters also sings two songs. There is some talk between performances including brief chat with Tony and Margaret, some naming of tune titles and musicians, a Lawrence Welk skit and some narration of the tape itself.

The original was recorded on reel to reel tape and transferred to cassette tape by family members. A cassette tape version belonging to Tony's grandson Chris Cheney was digitized by the McKiernan Library.

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