“The Glen of Aherlow” is a great reel composed by Sean Ryan, fiddle player from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. I associate this tune with my friend Paolo Cerato, an accordion player from Italy who has been living in Co. Clare for many years.
X:1
T:Glen of Aherlow, The
R:reel
C:Sean Ryan
M:4/4
K:Edor
|:B2AF BFAF|E2EF EDB,D|B2AF BFAF|DFAF FEE2|
B2AF BFAF|EDEF EDB,A,|B,EE2 DEFA|dBAF F~E3:||
|:e~B3 egfe|d2fd Adfd|eBB2 egfe|dBAF F~E3|
eBB2 egfe|d2fd Adfd|~B3d egfe|dBAF F~E3:||
I don’t remember where I got this slide, “An Chóisir”, exactly, but I think it was during one of my visit to Dingle in West Kerry.
Séamus Begley & Steve Cooney play a great version of that tune on their legendary album “Meitheal”.
I learned “The Cordal Jig” from my good friend Sami Koenig, a wonderful fiddle player from Switzerland, during one of his visits to Ireland. Cordal is a village in North Kerry.
I learned “Billy McCormick’s Jig” at a workshop with Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend in 2012. Terry also recorded this tune on his album, after “The Kilmaley Jig”. He associates it with fiddle player Connie Connell’s.
