“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 Kilcummin” is a tune I learned from a session in McGann’s Pub with Yvonne Casey and Terry Bingham. They played it as a jig, but I think it is also played as a slide.
A composition from flute player Josie McDermott, “Darby’s Farewell to London” is usually played after one of my favourite reels, “The Trip To Birmingham”, which is another composition of Josie McDermott. I learned this set from Colette Coen, a friend from the Sligo / Leitrim area who plays whistle and flute.
“John McHugh’s Jig” is a very common session tune here in Doolin. I learned it at one of the Super Sunday sessions in O’Connor’s Pub with Noel O’Donoghue, Sean Vaughan and Hugh Healy. It is part of one of my favourite set, which is associated with the Kilfenora Ceili Band.
