“The Gaelic Club” is not a common session tune, but I’ve loved playing it for many years now. I learned it from Hugh & Colm Healy’s album “Macalla na hÓige” and it was also recorded in 2015 by my friends Tom Delany and Caroline Keane with their band FourWinds.
X:1
T:Gaelic Club, The
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Amin
|:cBA AGE|ABA ABc|BAG BdG|Bdg GAB|
cBA AGE|ABA c2d|e2e dcB|cAA A2B:||
|:ceg gec|ceg dBG|ceg gec|BGG GAB|
cBA AGE|ABA c2d|e2e dcB|cAA A2B:||
I learned this reel from Terry Bingham’s album, but it is also a tune I associate with Sean Vaughan, a great accordion player from Kilmaley who plays in Doolin often. It was also recorded by John Williams on his first album. He plays it after “Thadey Casey’s” and this is a set I play regularly.
This is a jig composed by Eddie Kelly, fiddle player from East Galway. He wrote several other beautiful tunes, including “The Meelick Team”. I learned this particular one from my friend Stéphane.
“The Holly Bush” has been one of my favourite reels for a good number of years. It was composed by Finbarr Dwyer and you can also hear it played in E sometimes. Adam & Dave Shapiro recorded this tune on their album “Cape To Clare”.
