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O'REILLY'S GREYHOUND (Cú Uí Ragallaig). AKA and see "Murphy's Greyhound," "Outdoor Relief." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was first recorded in 1927 by concertina player William Mullay. A setting appears Darley & McCall's Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs (1914) as an anonymous reel (No. 37), collected from the Feis Ceóil competitions at the turn of the 20th century. Breathnach (1996) thinks it has a much better turn (second part) than does O'Neill's "Greyhound." County Clare fiddle player P.J. Hayes called the tune "Murphy's Greyhound."
Source for notated version: "O'Reilly" [O'Neill]. O'Neill mentions three O'Reilly's in Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913), two pipers and an ancient harper. He most often references Martin O'Reilly (pp. 239-240 [1]), an elderly blind piper from County Galway, an exceptional musician who competed in several Feis at the turn of the 20th century, but who died in dire circumstances in the poorhouse within a decade.
Printed sources: Conolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 92-93. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 712, p. 125. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1488, p. 275.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]