Recording, Cluain Eachlainn.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn.

Recording van, Cluain Eachlainn. Séamus Ennis sitting in van recording.

Recording van, Cluain Eachlainn. Séamus Ennis sitting in van recording.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. View inside car of disk recording machine.

Recording van, Cluain Eachlainn. Séamus Ennis sitting in van recording.

Recording session preparation, 1947.

Recording session preparation, 1947.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. Car used for transport.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. View of ediphone in car.

Caoimhín Ó Danachair in the sound recording studio, Irish Folklore Commission.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. View inside car of ediphone machine.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. View inside car of ediphone machine.

Conor McHale transcribing early wax cylinder recordings.

Recording, Cluain Eachlainn. Liam Stac sitting on a wall recording with ediphone, mountain and lake visible. He is wearing a hat and has his back to camera.

Recording at Cluain Eachlainn, Tadhg Ó Murchú and Liam Stac. Both are sitting on a wall with a recording microphone between them, lake and mountain are visible in background.

Tom Munnelly recording at the Glencolmcille Fiddle School. Antaine Ó Farracháin to his right.

Tadhg Ó Murchú recording on the ediphone in Spuncán with Pádraig Ó Súilleabháin, An Coireán.

Recording session preparation, 1947. Side of car visible with men sitting on wall outside house.

Collecting in Cúl na Sméar using acetate disc recording. Seán Daltún, Séamus Ó Duilearga, Seosamh Ó Dálaigh and Mícheál Ó Dónaill.

Video recording of folklore collecting by Bairbre Ní Fhloinn and Ríonach uí Ógáin (CBÉ), of Pádraig Ó Nia and Bríd Ní Nia, Carna.