This reel was written by John Nolan and was originally called “The Boogie Reel”. I learned it from Terry Bingham’s album, on which he calls it “The Durrow Reel”.
X:1
T:Durrow Reel, The
T:Boogie Reel, The
R:reel
M:4/4
K:D
|:D2FA d2dA|BAFB AFEF|DEFA dfec|dBAF EGFE|
DEFA dcde|f~d3 B2Bd|e2ce gece|1 dAFA d2AF:|2 dAFA d2cd||
|:e~A3 E~A3|eAce gbag|f~d3 A~d3|fdaf d2BA|
Beed efed|Bdef g2fg|a~f3 g~e3|1 dAFA d2cd:|2 dAFA d2AF||
“The Green Fields of Woodford” is the last jig of the set recorded by Alan & John Kelly that is quite popular around Doolin. The first tune of the set is “Ned Coleman’s” and the second one is “Old Joe’s”.
The Trip To Birmingham is a popular session tune that was composed by flute player Josie McDermott from County Sligo. I first learned this reel from the playing of Colette Coen, a lovely whistle player from Sligo…
I learned “Dever The Dancer” from Lorraine Hickey and Kevin Rowsome, who recorded this lovely slip jig on one of the Irish Folk Festival’s compilation CDs. I used to listen to these albums quite a lot when I was working in Magnetic Music Café, which my very first job in Doolin back in 2006. I actually met Kevin Rowsome at the Russell Memorial Weekend in 2020, a true gentleman a wonderful piper.
