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SLIGO REEL [1], THE. AKA and see "Hughie Travers' Reel No. 1," "Tommy McMahon's Reel," "Travers' Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is associated with County Leitrim flute player Hughie Travers, who played in the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceili Band with whom he recorded a few 78 RPM records in the 1930's. Later it became associated with County Clare concertina player Tommy McMahon, who recorded it on his 1975 TOPIC LP, "Clare Concertinas."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 8, p. 7.

Recorded sources: -Shaskeen - "Joys of Life."

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+'''SLIGO REEL [1], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Hughie Travers' Reel No. 1]]," "[[Tommy McMahon's Reel]]," "[[Travers' Reel]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is associated with County Leitrim flute player Hughie Travers, who played in the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceili Band with whom he recorded a few 78 RPM records in the 1930's.  Later it became associated with County Clare concertina player Tommy McMahon, who recorded it on his 1975 TOPIC LP, "Clare Concertinas."
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