November 1970

Back Row: 1) Lewis Gray, 2) Gerald King,3) Gary Patterson, 4) Alan Hunter, 5) Hugh Megarrell, 6) James Duff, 7) Francis Hill.

Middle Row: 8) Jack McGarvey, 9) Terence Gault, 10) Bobby Hood, 11) Sam Fox, 12) Johnny Phillips, 13) Jackie Beattie, 14) Derek Orr, 15) Brian Ferguson, 16) Dave English.

Front Row: 17) William Frazer, 18) Fred McCrea, 19) Richard Steed, 20) William Duddy, 21) Jack Burch, 22) William McArthur Jr., 23) Harry Spratt, 24) Harold Hill, 25) Trevor McClintock.

The following list of players participated in Agnes Street Temperance Silver Band's winning performance at the British Open Spring Festival (Senior Cup)  in 1955 at Belle Vue.  The test piece was Thames Valley Suite by Henry Geehl, arr. by Frank Wright. 

Thanks to Tony Malone for providing this list of names.  Comments and corrections welcome!
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This is a wonderful find as it links John McCoy to the Agnes Street Temperance Silver Band, the Belfast Temperance Brass Band and the IOR Rescue tent band - a descendant of the Belfast Temperance Band.  

There's also reference Kennedy's Mills Band, a new discovery for the list of bands.

According to the 1901 Census records, McCoy lived in 104 Ravenhill Road and was married to  Mary McCoy.  The 1911 records show that they had moved to Napier Street, Belfast.  

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Maybe the Belfast Telegraph hit on a novel technique for incentivising scale practice in the 1930s?

33 more bands added to the map:

1. Stedfast Shoes Band, Co Monaghan
2. Kilfinane Brass Band, Co Limerick
3. Magheramorne Silver Band, Co Antrim
4. Murley Silver Band, Co Tyrone
5. Irish National Foresters Band, Navan, Co Meath
   
6. Navan Silver Band, Co Meath
7. Rathfriland Silver Band, Co Down
8. Dungannon Silver Band, Co Tyrone
9. Drumlish Silver Band, Co Longford
10. 3rd Carrickfergus Band, Co Antrim
11. Emmet Brass Band, Dungannon, Co Tyrone
12. Templepatrick Brass Band, Co Antrim 
13. Lisburn Rechabite Band, Co Down
14. Springfield Brass Band, Belfast
15. Tandragee Brass Band, Co Armagh
16. Britannia Brass Band, Co Londonderry
17. Derry Apprentice Boys Brass Band, Co Londonderry
18. Cloughfern Brass Band, Co Antrim
19. Banbridge Brass Band, Co Down
20. Glencree Brass Band, Co Wicklow
21. Lurgan Salvation Army Brass Band, Co Armagh
22. Ballyduff Silver Band, Co Antrim
23. St Marks Silver Band, Co Armagh 
24. Armagh Old Boys Silver Band, Co Armagh
25. Downshire Brass, Belfast
26. Poyntzpass Silver Band, Co Armagh
27. Tempo Silver Band, Co Fermanagh
28. St. Mary's Silver Band, Co Fermanagh
29. 1st Old Boys Brass Band, Belfast
30. Strabane Concert Brass, Co Tyrone
31. St Joseph's Brass Band, Co Tyrone
32. Dynamic Brass, Co Down
33. Laganvale Band, Belfast

Added to the map:

1. 46th Old Boys Brass Band, Belfast
2. Irvinestown Silver Band
3. Castlederg Silver Band
4. Coleraine Old Boys Brass Band
5. Coalisland Silver Band
6. 53rd Old Boys Castlederg 
7. Emmet Brass Band, Dundalk
8. Cookstown Irish National Foresters Band
   
9. Omagh Brass Band
10. Mulnabreen Brass Band

Thanks to Robert McClurg (Wellington Memorial Silver Band) for locating 14 of the missing years for the NIBA archive of Judge's Remarks,  We are now only looking for the following years: