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|f_annotation='''BARREL RAFFERTY'S REEL.''' AKA - "[[McDermott's Reel (1)]]." AKA and see "[[Master McDermott's Reel]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Carlin): AABB' (Harker/Rafferty). The tune is similar to "Master McDermott's," composed or adapted by Michael McDermott in 1943, but also self-credited to Sean Maguire and Liam Donnelly. The title "Barrel Rafferty's" refers to the nickname of the flute-playing father of East Galway/New York flute player Mike Rafferty, whose lung capacity would fill a barrel. See also the related "[[Boys of the Lough]]," "[[Farewell to Erin (2)]]"/"[[Farewell to Eireann (2)]]."  
|f_annotation='''BARREL RAFFERTY'S REEL.''' AKA - "[[McDermott's Reel (1)]]." AKA and see "[[Master McDermott's Reel]]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Carlin): AABB' (Harker/Rafferty). The tune is similar to "Master McDermott's," composed or adapted by Michael McDermott in 1943, but also self-credited to Sean Maguire and Liam Donnelly. The title "Barrel Rafferty's" refers to the nickname of the flute-playing father of East Galway/New York flute player Mike Rafferty, whose lung capacity would fill a barrel. See also the related "[[Boys of the Lough]]," "[[Farewell to Erin (2)]]"/"[[Farewell to Eireann (2)]]."  
[[File:barrel.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A young Mike Rafferty and his father, Barrel Rafferty, at the family homestead, east Galway]]
[[File:barrel.jpg|500px|thumb|left|A young Mike Rafferty and his father, Barrel Rafferty, at the family homestead, east Galway]]
|f_source_for_notated_version=New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].  
|f_source_for_notated_version=New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].  
|f_printed_sources=Carlin ('''Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin'''), 1984; p. 118 (#198). Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 14, p. 5.  
|f_printed_sources=Carlin ('''Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin'''), 1984; p. 118 (#198). Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 14, p. 5.  

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BARREL RAFFERTY'S REEL. AKA - "McDermott's Reel (1)." AKA and see "Master McDermott's Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Carlin): AABB' (Harker/Rafferty). The tune is similar to "Master McDermott's," composed or adapted by Michael McDermott in 1943, but also self-credited to Sean Maguire and Liam Donnelly. The title "Barrel Rafferty's" refers to the nickname of the flute-playing father of East Galway/New York flute player Mike Rafferty, whose lung capacity would fill a barrel. See also the related "Boys of the Lough," "Farewell to Erin (2)"/"Farewell to Eireann (2)."

A young Mike Rafferty and his father, Barrel Rafferty, at the family homestead, east Galway


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; p. 118 (#198). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 14, p. 5.

Recorded sources : - Ossian 109, Kevin Griffin (reissue of "Down in Doolin"). Rounder Easy Disc EDIS 9011, Mike Rafferty - "Celtic Winds: Irish Music in America."




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