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01. The Leitrim Lilter / Captain Kelly’s / The
Reel with the Birl (reels)
The first tune was composed by Leitrim-born
fiddler and piano player Charlie Lennon. Captain
Kelly’s is a traditional tune which can be found
in O’Neills Music of Ireland. The third reel is
closely related to the well-known Drowsy Maggie.
It was collected from Elizabeth Crotty from
Kilrush in the 1950s by Ciarán Mac Mathúna.
Gavin –whistle; Donnacha – guitar; Colm -
bodhrán
02. Gráinne’s Welcome / Joe Deranne’s / The
Leitrim Quickstep (jigs)
Gráinne’s Welcome, (also known as Welcome Home
Gráinne), is associated with the Donegal fiddle
player John Doherty. I picked up Joe Derrane’s
jig from a live recording of the great Galway
band De Dannan. There was a new-born interest in
Boston-born accordion player, Joe Derrane’s
music when his early 78 rpm recordings were
re-issued on CD in the 1990s. The last tune is
associated with James Byrne, the highly esteemed
fiddle player from Mín a’Crois, Glencolmcille in
Co. Donegal
Gavin – whistle; Colm - bodhrán
03. Horse Keane’s / The Four Provinces
(hornpipe, fling)
The first tune is associated with Horse Keane,
aka Jimmy Keane, a sean-nós singer born in the
Connemara Gaeltacht. His son, also Jimmy, is an
accordion player who lives in Chicago where his
family moved to when he was a young boy. The
second tune was recorded by The Four Provinces
Orchestra in the 1920s. They were based in
Philadelphia.
Gavin – whistle; Donnacha - guitar
04. An Páistín Fionn - The Fair-Haired Child
(slow air)
An Páistín Fionn is the melody of a very popular
song. Numerous versions have been collected over
the years in Munster and in Connacht and can be
found in various collections including the
Bunting manuscripts and the Journal of the Irish
Folk Song Society.
Gavin – whistle; Peter - keyboards
05. Abe’s Retreat / Kas Ha Barh / Imelda
Roland’s (reels)
The first reel is an American Civil War tune
also known as The Battle of Bull Run which took
place 1861. Kas Ha Barh is the name of the
Breton tune. The last reel was composed by
Imelda Roland from Craughwell in Co. Galway and
was made popular by the Tulla Ceili Band.
Gavin – whistle; Donnacha – guitar; Colm -
bodhrán
06. The Maid in the Meadow / Down the Back Lane
(jigs)
The Maid in the Meadow was played by piper
Séamus Ennis and can be found in Pat Mitchell’s
book, The Dance Music of Séamus Ennis. Down the
Back Lane appears in
Breandán Breathneach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
It was also collected in Kerry by Canon James
Goodman, former Provost of Trinity College,
Dublin.
Gavin – pipes; Donnacha – guitar; bodhrán
07. Micho Russell’s / John Egan’s / Johnny
McGoohan’s (reels)
The first tune comes from the playing of the
great and much loved whistle player from Doolin,
Micho Russell. The second reel is associated
with flute player John Egan from Sligo. John
moved to Dublin in the late 1930s and began
playing with the Kincora Band. He was one of the
founder members of the Church Street Club. The
last tune is a composition from Ed Reavy. I
learned the tune from the playing of two Clare
musicians, flute player P.J. Crotty and fiddle
player James Cullinane.
Gavin – whistle; Colm - bodhrán
08. Ned Coleman’s Jig / Drummond Castle / Séamus
Connolly’s (jigs)
The first is a jig from East Galway and is
associated with melodeon player Ned Coleman from
near Loughrea in Co. Galway. Drummond Castle can
be found in The Fiddle Music of Scotland by
James Hunter. It is the jig version of a
strathspey called Cutting Ferns. Séamus
Connolly, fiddle player, was born in Killaloe in
Co. Clare. He was a member of the Kilfenora
Ceili Band and now teaches at Boston College.
Gavin – whistle; Aogán – concertina; Donnacha –
guitar; Colm - bodhrán
09. The Torn Jacket / O’ Connell’s Trip to
Parliament (slow reels)
The Torn Jacket was composed by fiddle player
Connie O’Connell from Kilnamrtyra, Co. Cork.
O’Connell’s Trip to Parliament can be found in
Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2 and is also known as
The Sporting Days of Easter.
Gavin – whistle; Donnacha - guitar
10. Dark Lochnagar (slow air)
Lochnagar is in Aberdeenshire in Scotland and
inspired a praise poem by Lord Byron. This is
the melody to which the song is sung. I first
heard it played by Waterford piper Jimmy O’Brien
Moran.
Gavin - pipes
11. The Yellow Tinker / Mary McMahon’s / Ah,
Surely! (reels)
The Yellow Tinker is a well known session tune.
According to accordion player James Keane the
second tune, Mary McMahon’s, originated in
Ballinahinch in Co. Down. The third reel can be
found in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
Gavin – whistle; Dave – banjo; Donnacha –
guitar; Colm - bodhrán
12. Kitty Gone a Clinking Coming to the Fair
/ The Flying Wheelchair /
The Kilmaley Jig (jigs)
I learned the first tune from flute and whistle
player Brian Finnegan. There is also a reel by
the same name. The Flying Wheelchair is another
composition by Charlie Lennon and can be found
in his book Musical Memories.
Gavin – whistle; Donnacha - guitar
13. Calum Campbell’s Caprice / The Boy on the
Hilltop /
Tommy Peoples’ (strathspey & reels)
The strathspey is a popular Scottish piping tune
and is named after Pipe Major Calum Campbell.
The Boy on the Hilltop is another tune from Ceol
Rince na hÉireann. The third tune is associated
with the great Tommy Peoples.
Gavin – whistle; Aogán – concertina; Donnacha –
guitar; Colm - bodhrán
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