I learned “The Killarney Boys of Pleasure” a good few years back on the tin whistle from my good friend Johannes Perritaz, a great flute player from Switzerland. This reel is quite common in sessions around Clare.
X:1
T:Killarney Boys of Pleasure
R:reel
M:4/4
K:Edor
|:E2ED E2FA|BFAF DEFA|B2Bd e2fe|dBAF DEFD|
E2ED E2FA|BdAF DEFA|B2Bd e2fe|1 dBAF FEED:|2 dBAF FEE2||
|:Beed Beed|B2AF DEFA|f2fe defe|dBAF DEFA|
Beed Beed|B2AF DEFA|f2fe defe|1 dBAF FEE2:|2 dBAF FEED||
I learned this hornpipe from Hugh Healy and Sean Vaughan. There are different versions “Chief O’Neill’s Favourite” (with only F# for example), but this is what I think is the most common setting in the area.
I learned “The Hunter’s Purse” from Adam & Dave Shapiro’s CD “Cape To Clare”. Adam & Dave are two brothers from South Africa, who came to Ireland for the music and based themselves around Doolin. Adam is the fiddle player with “Fiddle Case” and still lives in the area and it is always a great pleasure to meet him for tunes!
“I Ne’er Shall Wean Her” is a beautiful jig that I learned from Christy McNamara’s album “The House I Was Reared In”. Christy is an amazing photographer as well and he has taken some great photos of musicians over the past 30 years.
