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HAND ME DOWN THE TACKLE. AKA and see "Drogheda Lass (1)/Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)," "Drogheda Reel (The)," "Dangerous Reel (The)," "Hielanman's Kneebuckle," "Highlander's Kneebuckle (4) (The)," "Miss Flannagan," "Pure Drop (2) (The)," "Reidy Johnson's (2)," "Road to Drogheda," "Tom Steele," "Tomm Steele." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Haand Me Doon da Tackle," as it is called, is also played in the Shetland Isles, and has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Paddy Glackin identifies it as a tune from the Donegal tradition, and that his is "an interesting version of a well-known reel which is a favorite with pipers." O'Neill calls the tune "Tom Steele" (likely a nod to one of Daniel "The Liberator" O'Connell's political associates) and this was the title used by the Flanagan brothers when they recorded the melody in the United States in 1928. "Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)" is a related tune. See also an untitled reel in Breathnach Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III (1985; No. 189), and Rev. Luke Donnellan's "Miss Flannagan."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Dublin piano accordion player/piper Seamus Meehan [Tweed]; set dance session music at Na Píobairí Uilleann, recorded in the 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II), 1976; p. 156. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 18. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 3.

Recorded sources : - Recorded sources: BERCD 001, Arty McGlynn - "McGlynn's Fancy." CC 47, Ronan Browne (with O'Loughlin) - "The Southwest Wind." Celtic Crossings CD0299-02, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau - "Tracin" (1999. Learned from concertina player Paddy Murphy, Fiach Roe, Sliabh Callan region, West Clare). CK 01, Conor Keane - "Cooley's House." DMP Records, Karen Tweed - "Drops of Springwater" (1994). Green Linnet SIF 3051, Frankie Gavin - "Frankie's Goes to Town." Franie Gavin - "Tribute to Joe Cooley." Gael-Linn CEF 137, Sean Maguire - "Portraid." Gael-Linn CEF 145, Various - "Ceol Tigh Neachtain." Gael-Linn CEF 153, Paddy Glackin - "In Full Spate" (1991). Gael-Linn CEFCD 065, "P.J. Hernon" (1999). NPU 002, Templehouse Ceili Band - "Music for the Sets, Vol. 1." WW 004, Grianan - "Maid of Erin." John Doherty - "The Floating Bow." Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Humors of Lissadell." . The Long Mile - Seamus Thompson - "The Long Mile." Seamus Ennis - "Return from Fingal." Oisin - "The Jenny C."

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]

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-|f_annotation='''HAND ME DOWN THE TACKLE'''. AKA and see "[[Drogheda Lass (1)]]/[[Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)]]," "[[Drogheda Reel (The)]]," "[[Dangerous Reel (The)]],"  "[[Hielanman's Kneebuckle]]," "[[Highlander's Kneebuckle (4) (The)]]," "[[Miss Flanagan]]," "[[Pure Drop (2) (The)]]," "[[Reidy Johnson's (2)]]," "[[Road to Drogheda]]," "[[Tom Steele]]," "[[Tomm Steele]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "[[Haand Me Doon da Tackle]]," as it is called, is also played in the Shetland Isles, and has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Paddy Glackin identifies it as a tune from the Donegal tradition, and that his is "an interesting version of a well-known reel which is a favorite with pipers." O'Neill calls the tune "[[Tom Steele]]" (likely a nod to one of Daniel "The Liberator" O'Connell's political associates) and this was the title used by the Flanagan brothers when they recorded the melody in the United States in 1928. "[[Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)]]" is a related tune. See also an untitled reel in Breathnach '''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III''' (1985; No. 189), and Rev. Luke Donnellan's "[[Miss Flannagan]]."
+|f_annotation='''HAND ME DOWN THE TACKLE'''. AKA and see "[[Drogheda Lass (1)]]/[[Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)]]," "[[Drogheda Reel (The)]]," "[[Dangerous Reel (The)]],"  "[[Hielanman's Kneebuckle]]," "[[Highlander's Kneebuckle (4) (The)]]," "[[Miss Flannagan]]," "[[Pure Drop (2) (The)]]," "[[Reidy Johnson's (2)]]," "[[Road to Drogheda]]," "[[Tom Steele]]," "[[Tomm Steele]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "[[Haand Me Doon da Tackle]]," as it is called, is also played in the Shetland Isles, and has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Paddy Glackin identifies it as a tune from the Donegal tradition, and that his is "an interesting version of a well-known reel which is a favorite with pipers." O'Neill calls the tune "[[Tom Steele]]" (likely a nod to one of Daniel "The Liberator" O'Connell's political associates) and this was the title used by the Flanagan brothers when they recorded the melody in the United States in 1928. "[[Drogheda Lasses (1) (The)]]" is a related tune. See also an untitled reel in Breathnach '''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III''' (1985; No. 189), and Rev. Luke Donnellan's "[[Miss Flannagan]]."
 |f_source_for_notated_version=Dublin piano accordion player/piper Seamus Meehan [Tweed]; set dance session music at Na Píobairí Uilleann, recorded in the 1980's [Taylor].
 |f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II), 1976; p. 156. Taylor ('''Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice'''), 1994; p. 18. Taylor ('''Music for the Sets: Yellow Book'''), 1995; p. 3.