I got “The Cavan Reel” at a session with Terry Bingham & Yvonne Casey at McGann’s Pub. Mary MacNamara also recorded it on her album “Blackberry Blossom”, and it is known as Mike Flannagan’s as well.
X:1
T:Cavan Reel, The
T:Mike Flannagan’s
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEFA|
BEED E2ed|B~E3 FDFA|BEE2 Bcdf|edBA FEDF||
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|G2dG eGdG|efdB AFDF|
G2dG eGdG|G2dB AFDF|EFGA Bcdf|edBA FEFA||
“The De’il Among The Tailors” is a setdance I learned from one of Doolin’s legends, concertina player Packie Russell. This being said, I actually first heard this tune on Hugh Healy & Blackie O’Connell’s album “We were drinking and kissing the ladies”. They mention Packie Russell as their source and so I learned it from the album “The Russell Family” as well.
Kitty Gone A-Milking is a common session tune in the area. It is a reel very much associated with concertina players from County Clare, and has been recorded, among others, by Elizabeth Crotty, Kitty Hayes, Gerdie Commane and Tom Carey. I learned this tune through various sessions.
I first learned “Josephine Begley’s” many years ago from Terry Bingham’s album, on which he calls this tune “Mairtin O’Connor’s”. I only found out in February 2021 that this hornpipe was in fact a composition of Frankie Gavin. It is the great flute and concertina player from Laois Tommy Fitzharris who provided me with this information.
