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Page |
Fiddler |
Notes |
| Black Haired Lass, The |
66 |
JD |
Nigel Gatherer: In O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 585, and in Ceol Rince na hEireann as Cailín na
Gruaige Duibhe; The Dark Haired Girl; The Dark Gate Girl
and An Cailin Donn (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 114). |
| Black Mare of Fanad, The |
65 |
JD |
Larry Sanger: This is the Donegal version of Nine Points of
Roguery. |
| Boys Of the Town, The |
229 |
JM |
Nigel Gatherer: In O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 89. |
| Byrne's Reel |
235 |
JM |
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| Cameronian Reel, The |
67 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: The Cameronian is not John's Cameronian
which can be found on the CD "The Floating Bow"
(Claddagh). The tune transcribed is The Mother's Delight.
Mick Brown: Mother's Delight is a Co. Clare version of
this reel. Untitled Reel on p76a is a version of the
same tune. Sean Frank (Ceol Rince na hEireann I, 182) is yet another
version, in G. JD played a similar version in G
himself. The Colonel McBain (also Johnny's Wedding)
found in O'Neill's is similar in first part only. The
Colonel McBain found in Scottish collections relates
more closely to this tune. The title Cameronian is used
in SW Donegal for the untitled reel on p77c.
Nigel Gatherer: Known in Scotland as Colonel McBain or
Colonel MacBean. Aka Col. McBain (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland ). |
| CC's Reel |
153 |
CC |
Mick Brown: This tune is a reel-time version in the
key of F of the three-part jig (also played by Con) and
recorded by James Byrne on 'The Brass Fiddle' as Johnny
Boyle's Jig.
Recordings: The Brass Fiddle |
| Dispute at the Crosroads, The (Dr Gilbert) |
67 |
JD |
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| Dr Gilbert (Dispute at the Crosroads) |
67 |
JD |
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| Drowsy Maggie |
68 |
JD |
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| Drowsy Maggie |
162 |
F&MB |
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| Drowsy Maggie |
235 |
PT |
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| Drunken Piper, The |
236 |
JM |
Nigel Gatherer: This is not The Drunken Piper (which is
found in NF as Miss Johnson's Reel on p69).
Mick Brown: The first parts of this reel and 236b are quite
close to the first part of the McConnell's version of
The Pigeon on the Gate (as recorded by Ronan Galvin
on 'The Fiddle Music of Donegal Vol II'). The second part has
echoes of the second part of the tune called The Fintown
Road/The Gweebarra Bridge Reel, also called The Killarney
Boys of Pleasure elsewhere in the country (Ceol Rince na hEireann III, 141). |
| Drunken Reel, The |
236 |
PT |
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| Errigal Braes |
236 |
PT |
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| Ewe With the Crooked Horn, The |
79 |
JD |
Mick Brown: This title is used in SW Donegal for both this
highland and Untitled Highland, (p174a). There are
similarities in structure. One of Doherty's versions of The
Heather Breeze may be related also. |
| Five Mile Chase, The |
68 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Different entirely to that tune normally played under
this name.
Mick Brown: A version of a tune sometimes called The New Mown
Meadow (Em), (although this title is also used for The Silver
Spear). A version similar to Doherty's was played in Teelin
and Kilcar also. |
| Flora McDonald's Reel |
187 |
DOD |
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| Four Courts, The |
237 |
JM |
Mick Brown: I've heard this somewhere...?
Nigel Gatherer: The A part is very like a reel played by The Boys
of the Lough; they called it The Wild Irishman. It's
also in MFI as O'Rourke's. The B and C parts are a
significant departure. |
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| Gander's Strut, The |
246 |
PT |
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| Ghost of Bunglass |
91 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: This is more commonly known as Taibhse Chonaill
(English translation = Conall's Ghost).
Mick Brown: Played exactly like this by some players in
Glencolmcille, and also in a slightly different highland
version sometimes called Casey's Pig (as recorded by
Roisin McGrory and Damian Harrigan on 'The Fiddle Music of
Donegal Vol. II'). CC's Taibhse Chonaill (D)
is the same tune. |
| Glory Reel, The |
162 |
F&MB |
Mick Brown: This tune may be an old lilters version of
parts of The Foxhunter's Reel (parts II, III and V) -
Francie Dearg regarded the two as related. There is a
structural resemblance. Alternatively, its first and third
parts are somewhat similar to a two-part composition of John
Mhosai called The Rambling Pony. |
| Grania's Welcome Home (March, Jig and Reel) |
86 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Translation of Failte Romhat in do Bhaile a'
Ghrainne.
Mick Brown: The Jig part of this piece is in O'Neill's as
Johnny the Jumper (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland , 297). |
| Gravel Walks to Granie, The |
161 |
F&MB |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: The placename in the title is "Granny"
- a deserted glen between Ardara and Meenanaery.
Mick Brown: The Gravel Walks to Granie was originally a
two-part tune with a slightly different ending to the second
part. The third and fourth parts originally constituted a
separate tune (see p104a). It may have been Francie
and Mickey Byrne who put them together. |
| Gusty's Frolics |
58 |
JD |
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| Harvest Moon, The |
103 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Not this tune at all. All of the older lads play
a different tune entirely for it. It was composed by John
Mhosai McGinley and appears on Paddy Glackin's second Gael
Linn CD under the title John McGinley's Reel.
Mick Brown: A version of Sportin' Paddy (Ceol Rince na hEireann, 133). Not
The Harvest Moon/John McGinley's Reel. This is a
similar version in a different key to that found in the
southern repertoire. It is played as a highland in this
version, although there is also a distinctive
"Donegal" version of the reel. |
| Highland Man Who Kissed His Grannie, The |
237 |
PT |
Mick Brown: This is a version of Upstairs in a Tent
(Ceol Rince na hEireann III, 96). The tune was played in Glencolmcille.
Nigel Gatherer: Not the usual tune by this name, but this was a
pipe reel originally called Jenny Tyed the Bonnet
Tight, known in Ireland as Jenny Tie Your Bonnet
(Ceol Rince na hEireann III, 96). Breathnach gives alternative titles:
Cuir Snaidhm ar do Chaipín, a Shin; Tie the Bonnet;
Down with the Mail; The Rambler's Rest (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 606);
Upstairs in a Tent; In and Out the Harbour; Lassie/Lassies
tie your Bonnet/s; Lizzie's Bonnet; The Faraway Wedding;
The Gravelled Walks to Granny, and The Cottage in the
Grove. |
| Holly Bush, The |
238 |
PT |
Mick Brown: As far as I know, this tune was composed by
Richard Dwyer, brother of Finbar. |
| Humours of Whiskey, The |
159 |
F&MB |
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| Ivy Leaf, The |
103 |
SD |
Mick Brown: Not the reel usually called The Ivy Leaf. |
| John McNeil's Reel |
187 |
DOD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: The full title and correct spelling is Big
John McNeilis' Reel.
Mick Brown: Also known in Donegal as Grant's Reel. The
title is spelt John McNeil in the Scottish collections.
Nigel Gatherer: Known, especially in Canada, I believe, as Big John McNeill, it was originally christened plain John
McNeil by its composer Peter Milne, a close friend and
mentor of James Scott Skinner. At one time Milne made his
money playing on the Forth ferry, but the completion of the
Forth Bridge (c1890) deprived him of this livelihood. He
had been addicted to opium for a great number of years, and
made a meagre living teaching violin in his native
Aberdeenshire. John McNeil was a famous Highland
dancer at the turn of the century. |
| Jude's Bush |
238 |
JL |
Mick Brown: This tune is also called St Ruth's Bush. |
| Kiltyfanad, The |
163 |
F&MB |
Larry Sanger: This is the same tune as JD's The Black Mare of
Fanad on p65.
Mick Brown: Not the reel normally called The Coillte Fanad
Reel. |
| Kitty Gordons |
238 |
PT |
Nigel Gatherer: This is Miss Katty Gordon of Earlston's
Reel by John Riddell. |
| Kitty In the Lane |
153 |
CC |
Mick Brown: This tune is related to The Sword in Hand
(Ceol Rince na hEireann, 144). The usual name in Glencolmcille for this reel was
An Chailleach sa Chuinneog (The Hag in the Churn).
It was played in both D and G, and in Teelin also in
C. Francie Dearg played a four part version, and called it
Tripping Up the Stairs (D). Francie Dearg also had a
three part version in G, with the second part more akin to
that of The Sword in Hand, which he called The
Maid in the Churn. Danny Meehan plays the tune in G with
two parts, his second part being similar to Francie Dearg's
third part. (Kitty in the Lane is the title usually
used for Ceol Rince na hEireann IV, 105) |
| Ladies of Tullibardee, The |
70 |
JD |
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| Last House of Connaught, The |
104 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: This is a well known pipers reel whose name
escapes me at present.
Mick Brown: This is the Paddy O'Brien composition Dinny
O'Brien's Reel, apparently his very first composition. |
| Low Park |
239 |
JM |
Mick Brown: This is a version of a tune sometimes called
The Hare's Paw (Ceol Rince na hEireann, 185). The tune was played in
Glencolmcille. It's generally considered a Kerry tune?
Nigel Gatherer: Aka Jim Kennedy's Favourite; Hare's Foot
(O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland ) and Lowlands of Scotland (KMM). |
| Make Your Breakfast Early |
239 |
PT |
Mick Brown: This tune is also called Boil the Breakfast
Early. The parts are sometimes played the other way
around.
Nigel Gatherer: Known in Scotland as The Lasses Fashion
(KMM2p8) or Haud Awa' Frae Me Donald. Found in Ireland as
Boil the Breakfast Early and Court Her Along the
Road (both O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland ). |
| Margaret Stuart's Reel |
188 |
DOD |
Nigel Gatherer: Found in The Beauties of Gow (c1817) as
Lady Margaret Stewart. |
| Mary of the Wisp |
164 |
F&MB |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: The Tune titles The Mary of the Wisp (more
commonly known in the locality under its Irish
title - Maire na Sop) and Moll na Tiarna
(note Tiarna is a single word and not 2 as printed) are
reversed on the two tunes. They should be titled the other way
around.
Mick Brown: Moll Tiarna is played in Donegal in several
different versions, at least in the keys of C, G (see Ceol Rince na hEireann II,
268) and A. There is a similar reel played in the south, mainly
Cork/Kerry. Mary of the Wisp (D) and Moll Tiarna
(C) are correctly titled in my edition of NF. As far as I know,
Mary of the Wisp is played in some shape or form in
Scotland. |
| Miss Johnson's Reel |
69 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: This is in fact The Inverness Gathering.
Mick Brown: Always called The Drunken Piper in Donegal,
though associated with the story of the Meenatoiteen Bull.
Nigel Gatherer: Not The Inverness Gathering, but the popular
Scottish march The Drunken Piper, as Mick says. |
| Miss Percy's Reel |
104 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: This is the 3rd & 4th parts of The Gravel
Walks (What is played as the latter, 4 part reel is a
marriage of formerly two separate reels).
Mick Brown: There was a tune very like this one, before it was
married to the old two part reel The Gravel Walks to
Granie. The tune was called Sisti Dhuin Ailt in
Glencolmcille (Sisti=kind of waves - not sure of spelling;
Dun Alt=local place-name).
Nigel Gatherer: A variant of a reel known in Scotland as The
Highlandman Kissed His Mother. |
| Miss Patterson's Slipper |
71 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: This is not Miss Patterson's Slipper (though
Feldman & O'Doherty are correct in using the title as
it is the one John always used). The tune of this title can be
found on 'Ceol na dTéad' and 'The Floating Bow'. Parts 1 and 2 of
this are a version of Master Crowley's Reel of Coleman
fame and parts 3 and 4 are The Roscommon Reel.
Mick Brown: The first two parts of this tune are the basis for
Doherty's other Miss Patterson's Slipper (on 'The Floating
Bow'), and for Francie Dearg's version. The title is used in
Donegal for versions of this tune. |
| Monaghan Switch, The |
70 |
JD |
Mick Brown: This tune is in Ryan's/Cole's as Our BoysIt
was called Piobaire Mhaire Bhain in Teelin, where it was
associated with a local story. (Lilted by Peadar O'Beirne (Peadar
Johnny Johndai), Teelin, for Radio Teilifis Eireann, 1948). |
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| Nine Pint Coggie, The |
72 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Not the same as the Scottish tune of the same name.
Ted Hastings: It appears to be a version of Scott Skinner's
strathspey Davie Work from 'The Scottish Violinist'
(ABC).
Mick Brown: This tune is played outside Donegal also. The first
part is that of the Scotch tune The Mill Burn.
Nigel Gatherer: The first part is nearer to James Fraser's The Mill
Burn than Davie Work, but it is the B part which seals
it as the latter. |
| On the Road |
167 |
F&MB |
Larry Sanger: Aka On the Road from Glen to Carrick
or The Glen Road to Carrick.
Mick Brown: Probably fashioned by Francie Dearg from The Chorus
Jig. It seems likely that JD got the tune from
Francie Dearg, although his version is slightly different. The
two met on "the Glen road to Carrick" on a
particular day in the 1920s or early 1930s, and there and then
JD learned the tune from Francie Dearg. It was that
meeting that produced the title for the tune. |
| Paddy's Rambles Through the Park |
96 |
JD |
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| Rakish Paddy |
72 |
JD |
Nigel Gatherer: An Irish version of the well-known Scottish reel
Caber Feidh. |
| Road to Brighton, The |
240 |
JL |
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| Sally Kelly's Reel |
188 |
DOD |
Nigel Gatherer: Found in Gow's Repository. |
| Scotch Mary |
168 |
F&MB |
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| Sleepy Maggie |
240 |
PT |
Mick Brown: This is a Scottish reel, related to the well
known Jenny's Chickens.
Larry Sanger: When I asked him to play Sleepy Maggie,
Vincent Campbell played Jenny's Chickens explaining
that they were the same tune. |
| Sporting Days of Easter |
240 |
JL |
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| Stormy Weather |
75 |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Not the Donegal tune of that name but Miss
Monaghan. |
| Temple House Reel, The |
105 |
SD |
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| Toss the Feathers |
168 |
F&MB |
Mick Brown: A similar version of this tune was played
in Glencolmcille by John McGinley (Connchubhair). |
| Turniskey Lasses |
241 |
PT |
Mick Brown: See The Tirnaskea Lasses (Ceol Rince na hEireann IV, 202). |
| Untitled Reel |
75 |
JD |
Philippe Varlet: This appears to be a tune of Scottish origin which appeared in
Aird (according to O'Neill) as Cameron House. O'Neill
reproduces it in 'Waifs & Strays', but prints it in his other
collections under different titles, The Old Grey Gander, The
Humors of Schull, and the air George Gubbin's Delight.
You'll also find it in Roche as Mo Ceoil Sibh a Laochra in
the section on marches (its notation, however, makes one think of
polka), and in Ceol Rince Vol. 2 transcribed from the playing of
Junior Crehan.
Paul de Grae: Variant of Old Grey Gander (Ceol Rince na hEireann II 222; O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 600; MOI 1345);
compare Highway to Limerick (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 644; MOI 1402) and
Humours of Schull/Rolling Reel (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 699; MOI 1470; WSGM 260).
Mick Brown:This tune is played as a highland in Glencolmcille/Teelin. Known
in Teelin as The Mullach Garbh Highland, after a local
place-name. It is related to the Scottish strathspey Captain
Campbell. It appears to be related to the reel The Flock of
Larks (Ceol Rince na hEireann, 123), as well as others.
Larry Sanger: The highland version appears under the name Molly Gharbu
(which translates as Rough Molly according to CMA), on
'ó Bhun Sliabh Liag' (Forge Brae 007), played beautifully by
Dermot Byrne and (sounds like) CC. |
| Untitled Reel |
76a |
JD |
Larry Sanger: A variant of the West Wind according to the
liner notes for 'Bundle and Go'.
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: I'm not sure whether I'd agree with calling it a
version of The West Wind.
Mick Brown: Not The West Wind. See notes for The
Cameronian Reel, p67a.
Nigel Gatherer: This is the Scottish reel Colonel McBain, or
Colonel MacBean. |
| Untitled Reel |
76b |
JD |
Paul de Grae: A variant of Heather Breeze (Ceol Rince na hEireann II 149;
O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 779). |
| Untitled Reel |
77a |
JD |
Paul de Grae: Mulloy's Reel (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 138). |
| Untitled Reel |
77b |
JD |
Paul de Grae: Paddy Ryan's Dream or Tullagh Reel
(O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 461; IFB 151, 154; MOI 1181-2).
Mick Brown: Doherty nearly always called this Mooney's
Favourite. A similar version was played in Glencolmcille. It
is generally accepted as a version of Paddy Ryan's Dream. |
| Untitled Reel (Paddy Ryan's Dreams?) |
77b |
JD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Not John's version of Paddy Ryan's Dream
which he actually called Mooney's Reel and is a version of
the Scottish reel Miss Grant of the Laggan or Miss
Lyall.
Paul de Grae: This is Old Cameronian (ER 74) (but surely
older?); noted in text as Untitled reel (Paddy Ryan's
Dreams?), which should refer to previous tune.
Mick Brown: This tune was called The Cameronian in
Glencolmcille (slightly differently, as recorded by Ronan Galvin
on 'The Fiddle Music of Donegal Vol II'). Francie Dearg played a
version close to Doherty's version. |
| Untitled Reel |
104 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Same tune as the Untitled Reel in the
middle of page 105.
Paul de Grae: Cup of Tea (Ceol Rince na hEireann II 278; O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 792).
Philippe Varlet: Aka The Beauty Spot. |
| Untitled Reel |
105 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Same tune as the Untitled Reel at the
bottom of page 104.
Paul de Grae: Cup of Tea (Ceol Rince na hEireann II 278; O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 792).
Philippe Varlet: Aka The Beauty Spot. |
| Untitled Reel |
106 |
SD |
Paul de Grae: This is called Yellow Tinker. |
| Untitled Reel |
154 |
CC |
Mick Brown: Con never played this as a reel, always as a
highland. In addition, it's incorrectly transcribed: the first
part begins with the second group of four quavers in the
fourth bar of the transcription (and thus also the last four
quavers of the thirteenth bar). The second part begins with
the second group of four quavers in the fifth bar. A slightly
different version was played in Glencolmcille. The tune seems
related to the first part of Miss Butler's Reel (Ceol Rince na hEireann
IV, 153). |
| Untitled Reel |
169a |
F&MB |
Paul de Grae: Greig's Pipes (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 96; WSGM 288). |
| Untitled Reel |
169b |
F&MB |
Mick Brown: This tune was played in Teelin and Glencolmcille
also (in D and G). Mick Carr called it Biddy na gCloch
(Biddy of the Stones). |
| Untitled Reel |
170 |
F&MB |
Paul de Grae: Lads of Leith/Laois (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 192).
Nigel Gatherer: Can be found in KMM4 as The Lads of Leith,
and earlier in Riddell's Collection (18th Century) as
Sir Adam Ferguson's Reel, and in Lowe's Collection
(1844) as Sic a Wife as I hae Gotten. |
| Untitled Reel |
171 |
F&MB |
Larry Sanger: These are Ed Reavy tunes: Never Was Piping So
Gay and Maudabawn Chapel.
Paul de Grae: ER 3 and ER 27. |
| Untitled Reel |
172 |
F&MB |
Paul de Grae: 1st two parts Flora McDonald's (NF 187);
3rd part from Sleepy Maggie (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 661; MOI 1424; NF 240);
4th part from Master Crowley's/Miss Patterson's Slipper
(Ceol Rince na hEireann II 227; Ceol Rince na hEireannIII 180; IFB 152; MOI 1407; NF 71 - played with
Roscommon reel as one tune).
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: Note that Flora McDonald is in fact the
basis of the Coleman masterpiece The Morning Dew,
otherwise known as The Hare in the Heather.
Nigel Gatherer: A & B: Flora MacDonald (KMM1p5); C:
Sleepy Maggie (). |
| Untitled Reel |
188 |
DOD |
Paul de Grae: Aka Man with the Money (MOI 1360).
Mick Brown: Mickey Doherty played a reel something like this
tune (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland II, 235), which he called Miss Kelly's Favourite. |
| Untitled Reel |
189 |
DOD |
Philippe Varlet: The Old Dudeen (from Paddy Killoran). |
| Untitled Reel |
242a |
JL |
Philippe Varlet: Aka Paddy Kelly's (# 2).
Mick Brown: Seems related to Ceol Rince na hEireann II, 186. |
| Untitled Reel |
242b |
JL |
Paul de Grae: Shamrock Hill (SR 37). |
| Untitled Reel |
242c |
JM |
Paul de Grae: Farewell to Erin (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 139); continued
on next page.
Philippe Varlet: I disagree with Paul on this one. It's Master
McDermott, a Sean Maguire and Lima Donnelly composition,
also known as Barrel Rafferty (after Mike's father).
Mick Brown: This tune is in Ceol Rince na hEireann IV. The notes refer to the tune
as a composition (May, 1943) of Michael 'Master' McDermott,
Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone. Breathnach was of the opinion that the
tune is a version of The Boys of the Lough.
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| Untitled Reel |
243a |
JM |
Continuation of previous reel. |
| Untitled Reel |
243b |
JM |
Paul de Grae: Bill Harte's Reel (Ceol Rince na hEireann I 110). |
| Untitled Reel |
243c |
JM |
Paul de Grae: Trim the Bonnet/Tie the Ribbons/Big Pat's
Reel (Ceol Rince na hEireann II 284; MOI 1192; WSGM 291). |
| Untitled Reel |
244a |
JM |
Mick Brown: This reel is more like a highland/strathspey in
structure and feel. |
| Untitled Reel |
244b |
PT |
Paul de Grae: Templehouse Reel (O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland 505; MOI 1230; NF
105; WSGM 286). |
| Wild Irishman, The |
105 |
SD |
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| Wild Irishman, The |
106 |
SD |
Caoimhín Mac Aoidh: The parts are reversed as always played. |
| You're Welcome Home Royal Charlie |
89 |
JD |
Nigel Gatherer: Reminiscent of Johnny Cope, but I'm now
recognizing another Scottish pipe march - it will come back to
me eventually! There is another, different Scottish reel by
this name. |
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