The Templehouse is one of my favourite reels. I learned it from the legendary album
I gCnoc na Graí by Noel Hill & Tony MacMahon, it is part of the first set and follows another great reel, “The Humours of Castlefin“.
X:1
T:Templehouse, The
R:Reel
M:4/4
K:Em
|:EFGA BFAF|D2FD ADFD|EFGA B~E3|1 B2Ad BEED:|2 B2Ad BEEf||
g2ef gfeg|f2df afdf|g2ef gfed|BdAd B~E3|
g2ef gfeg|f2df afdf|~e3f gfed|BdAd BEED||
I learned “The Argyll Lassies” from my friend Johannes Perritaz, who plays in a band in Switzerland called Elandir. To be honest, I never heard it in a session… It was also recorded by Niall & Cillian Vallely on their album “Callan Bridge”, which is where Johannes learned it I believe.
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.
“The Golden Keyboard” is great reel composed by accordion player Martin Mulhaire from East Galway. I associate this tune with my good friend Kevin Finucane, a fine fiddle player who lives in Ruan, near Ennis, and one of the nicest man you could meet.
