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TAILOR'S FANCY, THE. AKA and see “Ambrose Moloney's,” “McCabe's Reel (1),” “Tommy Whelan’s No. 4.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded in the mid-20th century as “Ambrose Moloney’s Favourite” by east Galway flute and whistle player Eddie Moloney (1920-1980). Ambrose was Eddie’s brother, also a flute player, and both sons of flute and bagpipe player Stephen Moloney of of the 1930's era Ballinakill Céilí Band. Ambrose himself was a member of the Leitrim Céilí Band (named not for the county of Leitrim, but for a townland in east County Galway) when they won the All-Ireland Senior Céilí Band competition in 1962. Fiddler Séamus Connolly was also a member of the band at the time, and learned the tune from Ambrose (recording it in 1993 with accordion player Paddy O'Brien and Charlie Lennon on piano).

“The Tailor’s Fancy” title does not appear attached to the tune until fiddler Cathal Hayden’s eponymous 1999 album, and may refer to Stephen Moloney, whose was one of a generational line of flute players and tailors in the family.

Additional notes

Recorded sources : - Coleman Center CD CC004, Deirdre Collis & Maria Lynn McHugh – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”). Green Linnet CSIF 3082, Séamus Connolly & Paddy O’Brien – “The Banks of the Shannon” (1993, as “Ambrose Moloney’s”). Hook 001, “Cathan Hayden” (1999).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
See entry at The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music [2]

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 Hook 001, “Cathan Hayden” (1999).
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+See entry at The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music [https://connollymusiccollection.bc.edu/document/629]<br>
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