“The Flogging Reel” is one of my favourite tunes. I don’t remember where I learned it from but I associate it with the great banjo player from Doolin, Kevin Griffin.
X:1
T:Flogging Reel (The)
R:Reel
M:4/4
K:G
|:B~G3 BGdG|B~G3 Bdgd|B~G3 BdcB|AGFG ABcA:||
~g3d BGBd|g2ge faaf|g2gd BdcB|AGFG ABcA|
~g3d BGBd|g2eg faa2|bgaf gedB|AGFG ABcA||
Bdgd Bdgd|Bdgd B~G3|Ac=fc Ac=fc|Ac=fc B~G3|
Bdgd Bdgd|Bdef ~g3a|bgaf gedB|AGFG ABcA||
I learned Martin Wynne’s No. 1 from the Riches of Clare CD back in 2010. It was part of a great set of reels played by Eric and Colm Healy, Kieran Hehir and Seanie McGrath. Martin Wynne was one of the great Sligo fiddlers of the 20th Century and…
I learned this polka from the playing of Brendan Begley & Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh. It is the opening track, “Dhá Pholca Dálaigh” on their great album “A Moment of Madness”.
I heard “Big Pat’s Reel” at a session in Gus O’Connor’s Pub in Doolin, played by my friend Christophe, a great fiddle player and harpist from France. I was also familiar with this tune through the recording “Waifs & Strays” by Michael Hynes and Denis Liddy.
