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 this lovely barndance, “If There Weren’t Any Women In The World”, from a session with Terry Bingham, Yvonne Casey and Stéphane Germain at Fitzpatrick’s Pub back in 2012. I have played it with Terry on other occasions since and he likes to play it after a hornpipe called “Caisleán an Óir”.
“Con Cassidy’s” is a jig from Donegal which I learned from the playing of the great flute player Frankie Kennedy, who recorded it on his wonderful duet album with Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. Hugh and Colm Healy also recorded it on their album Macalla na hÓige.
The One That Was Lost is a jig I have known for a long time and is one of my favourite tunes. It is a composition of the great Paddy O’Brien from Tipperary and quite a common session tune.
