Sliabh Russell (or “Slieve Russell”) is a well known jig all over Ireland. I learned this tune from my friend Tom Delany. It was also recorded on many albums, such as Hugh & Colm Healy’s “Macalla na hÓige”, one of my favourite albums.
X:1
T:Sliabh Russell
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:Ador
|:eAA Bcd|eaf ged|edB c2A|BAG ABd|
eAA Bcd|eaf ged|edB cBA|BAG ABd:||
|:eaa efg|agf g2g|eaa efg|fed e2e|
a2a efg|agf g2d|edB cBA|BAG ABd:||
Anderson’s is a very common session tune. I have known this reel for a very long time, from sessions all over County Clare. The second part is sometimes played first.
I learned “Dinny O’Brien’s” at a workshop with Terry Bingham during the Russell Memorial Weekend a few years ago. It is a reel written by the great composer Paddy O’Brien from Tipperary.
I definitely don’t consider myself a composer, but I did try to write a couple of tunes over the years. Here is one, “Lily’s Jig”, which I wrote shortly after my first daughter, Lily, was born in 2011.
