I learned “The Girls of Banbridge” at a workshop with Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend a few years back. I don’t remember hearing this jig in sessions but I think it’s a really nice tune nonetheless.
X:1
T:Girls of Banbridge, The
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:AFA dcB|BAG FED|FAF FED|CEE E2B|
AFA dcB|BAG FED|faf gec|edc d2B:||
|:AFA dfa|agf efg|faf ged|cee e2B|
AFA dfa|agf efg|faf gec|edc d2B:||
“Tatter Jack Walsh” is a tune I learned from the playing of Micho Russell and his brother Gussie. They recorded it as a tin whistle duet on the LP “The Russell Family” back in 1975. There is also a nice variation of the second part that I learned from Noel O’Donoghue.
I learned “The Bog Carrot Reel” from a lovely CD by fiddle player Diarmuid O’Brien on which he is joined by a different box player on each track, and regular Doolin visitor Donie Nolan joins him on this one.
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.
