This is a great common session tune! I learned “Devaney’s Goat” (or Devanny’s Goat) through various sessions, but I associate it with the playing of Christy Barry. In the sleeve notes of John Carty’s album’s “Last Night’s Fun”, it says that, according to flute player Jack Coen, this reel was composed by Tommy Whelan, a flute player with the Ballinakill Ceili Band, who named the tune for a neighbor’s animal.
X:1
T:Devaney’s Goat
C:Tommy Whelan
R:reel
M:4/4
K:D
|:DFAB AFAB|d2ef dBAF|DFAF BFAF|E2ED EGFE|
D~F3 AFAB|d2ef dBAf|efdB A~F3|1 AFEA FDDE:|2 AFEA FDDe||
|:faab afdf|a2fd edBd|ABde f~d3|edfd edBd|
ABde f~d3|edfd edBd|A2dB A~F3|1 AFEA FDDe:|2 AFEA FDDE||