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Theme code Index	5431 4242
Also known as	Rogha an Ghabha, Donegal Reel (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	Ireland/Ulster"Ireland/Ulster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Brendan Breathnach & Jackie Small
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 5
Tune and/or Page number	No. 193
Year of publication/Date of MS	1999
Artist	Biography:John Doherty
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Gael-Linn CEF 072/073
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

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BLACKSMITH'S FANCY, THE (Rogha an Ghabha). AKA and see "Donegal Reel (2)." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This reel was recorded by Donegal fiddlers John Doherty (c. 1895-1980) and Frank Cassidy (d. 1961) playing duet for the Irish Folklore Commission. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh identifies the reel as coming from fiddler John James Connaghan, Mountcharles, County Donegal, a blacksmith by trade, hence the title. Doherty recorded it under the title "The Donegal Reel."

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 193. Mac Aoidh (An Ceol, vol. 2).

Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 072/073, John Doherty. Gael-Linn CEFCD 140, Séamus & Kevin Glackin - "Na Saighneáin/Northern Lights" (learned from fiddler Frank Cassidy, Teelin, County Donegal). Green Linnet GLCD 1078, Frankie Kennedy & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - "Altan."

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