I don’t remember when I learned The Ladies’ Pantalettes, but it is a very common session tune. I associate this reel with concertina maestro Noel Hill, who plays this tune in one of my favourite videos ever (see below, it’s the first tune after the slow air).
X:1
T:Ladies’ Pantalettes (The)
R:Reel
M:4/4
K:G
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGGA|
BdcA G2GB|A~F3 c~F3|BdcA G2ge|fdcA AGG2||
fgaf g2fg|a2ag fdde|fgaf g2ag|fdcA AGG2|
fgaf g2fg|abag fdde|f2fg a2ag|fdcA AGGA||
The Luachrachán’s Jig was composed by Junior Crehan from Ballimackea near Miltown Malbay. It is a common session tune that I learned from Junior Crehan’s Daughter Angela Crotty at a session in Gus O’Connor’s Pub.
A composition of fiddle player Sean Ryan, “Dooney Rock” is part of a set recorded by James Cullinan & the late PJ Crotty on their album “Happy To Meet”. The first tune of the set is “Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part” and the last one “The Humours of Ballingarry”.
This is a true Doolin classic. “The Boy In The Gap” is a reel that is very much associated with Micho Russell. He used to play it after another fine reel, “Seán Sa Cheo”, but these days you hear them the other way around most of the times.
