The bicycle and pencil bit was about his job in the folklore commission Jim. All that is in the collector's diaries.

His broadcasting days came later. There are some comments he made about that too. At one point he started doing broadcasts about lesser known places, not necessarily focused on music. I believe with Prionsiass O Conluann. The first of these was entitled Leitrim of the lakes. One of the comments that was made at the time was that if Leitrim was neglected and not as well-known, there was probably a reason for it. (This and other comments were made in a series of programmes Peter Bowne produced for Rte during the 80s, The Seamus Ennis story. They sold these as a double cassette, which I still have)

Recording musicians for rte, building on the contacts he made during his previous job, he did get some stunning material together.