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'''WEST CORK REEL, THE.''' AKA and see “[[Spailpin Fanac (2) (The)]]/[[Spailpin Fanach (2) (The)]].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. The tune is played in Ireland’s Sliabh Luachra region as a polka in the key of ‘D’ major (see "[[Tom Sullivan's Polka]]"). The alternate title “Spailpain Fanach” comes from Joe Conway from Rathmore, reports Alan Ward in the booklet to Julia Clifford’s album. | '''WEST CORK REEL, THE.''' AKA and see “[[Spailpin Fanac (2) (The)]]/[[Spailpin Fanach (2) (The)]].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. The tune is played in Ireland’s Sliabh Luachra region as a polka in the key of ‘D’ major (see "[[Tom Sullivan's Polka]]"). The alternate title “Spailpain Fanach” comes from Joe Conway from Rathmore, reports Alan Ward in the booklet to Julia Clifford’s album. According to the liner notes of Tommy Keane's "Wind Among the Reeds," the source for the tune was Seán Ó Riada, who collected it in West Cork, via Dublin fiddler John Kelly (a member of Ó Riada’s trad. ensemble, Ceoltóirí Chualann). | ||
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WEST CORK REEL, THE. AKA and see “Spailpin Fanac (2) (The)/Spailpin Fanach (2) (The).” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. The tune is played in Ireland’s Sliabh Luachra region as a polka in the key of ‘D’ major (see "Tom Sullivan's Polka"). The alternate title “Spailpain Fanach” comes from Joe Conway from Rathmore, reports Alan Ward in the booklet to Julia Clifford’s album. According to the liner notes of Tommy Keane's "Wind Among the Reeds," the source for the tune was Seán Ó Riada, who collected it in West Cork, via Dublin fiddler John Kelly (a member of Ó Riada’s trad. ensemble, Ceoltóirí Chualann).
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Recorded sources: Kells Music KM9505, Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy – “The Wind Among the Reeds.” Topic, Julia Clifford – “The Humours of Lisheen” (appears as untitled polka).