I learned Lady Ann Montgomery through various sessions, and I would associate this reel with Noel O’Donoghue. It is a common session tune, and is very often followed by “Maud Millar’s” and “Molloy’s Favourite” (around Doolin anyways).
X:1
T:Lady Ann Montgomery
R:reel
M:4/4
K:D
|:FADA FADA|FAdA BAdA|F2FD E2EF|DB,A,B, D2DA|
FADA FADA|FAdA BABc|dBAF EDEF|1 DB,A,B, D2DA:|2 DB,A,B, D2De||
|:f2fe fede|fedB ABde|f2fe fede|faaf e2de|
f2fe fede|fedB ABde|fded dBAd|1 egfe d2de:|2 egfe d2AG||
“The Earl of Thomond” is a barndance composed by Charlie Lennon. He wrote this tune for Tony O’Connell, concertina player from Limerick, who recorded a lovely album with Ben Lennon (Charlie’s brother) called “Rossinver Braes”.
This is a common session which I love very much. I learned “The Drunken Landlady” through various sessions, but it’s really a tune that I associate with the amazing duet album of Noel Hill & Tony Linnane.
I learned “Dever The Dancer” from Lorraine Hickey and Kevin Rowsome, who recorded this lovely slip jig on one of the Irish Folk Festival’s compilation CDs. I used to listen to these albums quite a lot when I was working in Magnetic Music Café, which my very first job in Doolin back in 2006. I actually met Kevin Rowsome at the Russell Memorial Weekend in 2020, a true gentleman a wonderful piper.
