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'''CALLAGHAN'S (REEL) [1]'''. AKA and see " | '''CALLAGHAN'S (REEL) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Doon Reel (1) (The)]]," "[[Galtee Rangers (The)]]." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Kerry. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source O'Leary identified this as 'another Doon reel', and explained that all the Doon reels came from Cal Callaghan, a fiddler and farmer in Doon, Kerry, and a contemporary of Tom Billy Murphy; his nephew was fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe who learned his uncle's tunes and called them "Doon reels." The tune has been called "a Kerry classic." Currently a set of three reels is popular in the South-west of Ireland, recorded in various combinations by the famous Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe. It consists of "[[Galtee Rangers (The)]]," "[[Glountaine Reel (The)]]" and "Callaghans," and, says Paul de Grae, if you start "The Galtee Rangers" in a session, chances are that everyone will continue into the other two after it." | ||
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CALLAGHAN'S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see "Doon Reel (1) (The)," "Galtee Rangers (The)." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Kerry. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source O'Leary identified this as 'another Doon reel', and explained that all the Doon reels came from Cal Callaghan, a fiddler and farmer in Doon, Kerry, and a contemporary of Tom Billy Murphy; his nephew was fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe who learned his uncle's tunes and called them "Doon reels." The tune has been called "a Kerry classic." Currently a set of three reels is popular in the South-west of Ireland, recorded in various combinations by the famous Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy and Padraig O'Keeffe. It consists of "Galtee Rangers (The)," "Glountaine Reel (The)" and "Callaghans," and, says Paul de Grae, if you start "The Galtee Rangers" in a session, chances are that everyone will continue into the other two after it."
Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Bulmer & Sharpley].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1984; No. 88 (appears as untitled reel). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4, 1976; No. 7. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 295, p. 171.
Recorded sources: Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter." Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Rushy Mountain" (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings). RTE CD174, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O'Keeffe." Tara Records 3001, Planxty - "After the Break." Topic 12T309, Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "Kerry Fiddles." TRAD HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music" (played in the key of G Major).