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X:1 T:Old Connemara Stockings T:Quinn's Reel [1] S:Paddy O'Sullivan (fiddle), north Kerry R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 N:Called Quinn's Reel in CRE 2, no. 171, from Denis Murphy, N:and on the RTE recording of Padraig O'Keeffe Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae K:D FEFA ~B2 AB|d2 cd BE ~E2|FEFA B2 Bc|1dBAG FD D2:|2dBAG (3FED FA|| d2 fd Adfe|~d2 fA ~B2 AB|d2 fd Adfd|(3efg fg ed~B2| d2 fd Adfd|Adfd eB ~B2|g2 fg (3efg fe|dBAG FD D2||

QUINN'S REEL [1] (Ríl Uí Chuinn). AKA and see “Doon Reel (5) (The),” "Murphy's Reel," “Old Connemara Stockings,” “Pádraig O'Keeffe's Reel," "Quille's.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB’ (Flaherty): AA'BB' (Breathnach). Breathnach (1976) notes that Sean Quinn was a flute player from Cordal, County Kerry, who was the source for all Pádraig O’Keeffe’s tunes with the name Quinn in them. See also the related “Miss Lyons' Fancy.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Denis Murphy, 1966 (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; recorded by Breandan Breathnach in November, 1970, from the playing of accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra) [Moylan]; flute player Pat Meehan (b. 1960, south County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 171, p. 89. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 107 (appears as “Unknown”). Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 12, p. 8.

Recorded sources: - RTE CD174, “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O’Keeffe.” Topic 12T312, Billy Clifford (appears as “Padraig O’Keeffe’s”).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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