Annotation:Cathal's Favourite
X:1 T:Cathal's Favourite M:12/8 L:1/8 R:Slide S:Cathal Mac Connell B:Treoir, vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug 1970, p. 13 Z:Seamus Mac Mathuna K:G E|DEG {A}GAB deg gab|bge ~e3 dBG AGE| DEG GAB deg gab|age ege dBG A2:| |:z|eaa bag ega ega| egg ged ged AGE| DEG GAB deg gab|age ege dBG A2:|
CATHAL'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Flail (2) (The)," "Old Flail (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is actually a Vincent Broderick composition called "The Old Flail" and appears in his book The Turoe Stone (1990, p. 15). The title "Cathal's Favourite" refers to Boys of the Lough flute player Cathal McConnell. The Boys recorded the tune on their album "Good Friends, Good Music," and when preparing to put together the flute tracks with Cathal, Patsy Hanley and Vincent Broderick, the other two were surprised to find that the latter musician was in fact the composer!
