“Farewell To Connaught” is a reel I learned with my friend Gilles Tabary, a flute player from France who has been living in Switzerland for many year. He was visiting during the Russell Memorial Weekend back in 2013 and we took some time to swap a few tunes.
X:1
T:Farewell To Connaught
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:Dmix
|:D2ED EGAB|cBcd cAGc|Add^c d2^cd|ed^cd edd2|
D2ED (3EFG AB|cBcd c2AG|ABAG EGAB|1 cAGE EDDE:|2 cAGE EDD2||
|:eggf g2ed|cded cAAg|eaag a2ag|eaag edcd|
eggf g2ed|cded cAAG|ABAG EGAB|cAGE EDD2:||
“The Horsehoe” is a jig I learned from my friend JB Samzun (fiddle). JB learned it from John Joe Tuttle who told him it came from the playing of Patsy Geary, who had no name for it. He taught the tune to John Kelly Senior, who called it after his shop on Capel Street in Dublin, and the name stuck ever since.
“The Boys of Tandragee” is a great jig that I got at a session with Christy Barry and Terry Bingham, in Gus O’Connor’s Pub. It can also be played in D minor, but E minor is the most common key.
“The Five Mile Chase” is a great session tune, and it usually comes after “The Boys of Ballisodare”. I associate this set with Christy Barry and James Devitt.
