Ballymahon Reel

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Theme code Index	1565 1525
Also known as	Capel Street, Mrs. Crehan's
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bernard Flaherty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Trip to Sligo
Tune and/or Page number	p. 107
Year of publication/Date of MS	1990
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BALLYMAHON REEL, THE. AKA and see "Capel Street," "Mrs. Crehan's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. According to James Keane fiddler "James Hanly, Curroole, Newtowncashel, Co. Longford resurrected this reel for Brendan Breathnach Ceol Rince na hEireann Vol. 1 (1963)". However, the citation cannot be verified. In fact the only citation in Breathnach's volumes for Hanly is from Seán Keane, who supplied a different reel, “Primrose Girl (The)”, from a recording of James Hanly and P. Farrell, to Breathnach for Ceol Rince na hEireann Vol. 2 (1976). It is the only tune Breathnach published as either directly or indirectly received from James Hanly^[1].

Source for notated version: flute player Pat Meehan (b. 1960, south County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ 3), 1985. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 107 (appears as "Unknown").

X: 1
T: Ballymahon
T: R\'il Bhean U\'i Chroidhe\'ain
S: B.Breathnach:"Ceol Rince na hEireann" III/138
Z: B.Black
L: 1/8
M: 4/4
R: reel
K: G
G2 dG eGdG|G2 dG AdBA|G2 dG eGdG|EGAB cedB|
G2 d2 eGdG|G2 dG AdBA|G2 dG eGdG|EGAB cege ||
d2 (3Bcd Gd (3Bcd|GdBd eAAA|d2 Bd GdBd|ecAc BGGG|
d2 Bd G2 BG|G2 BG AEEE|GABc dedc|BdAc BGGF ||

↑ Information from Fr. John Quinn 7.23.21.

[1] Information from Fr. John Quinn 7.23.21.

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