Annotation:Johnny Mhosai's Reel
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNNY MHOSAI'S REEL (Ril Sheain Mhosai). AKA and see "Hearthery Cruach,""John Mhosey McGinley's Reel," "Ladies of Tullybardee (The)," "Monaghan Switch (The)," "Monaghan Twig (1)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title refers to John Mhosai McGinley, a regionally influential fiddler in South-west Donegal, particularly around Kilcar, Glencolmcille, Teelin and Ardara.
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Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 3090, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy - "Ceol Aduaidh" (learned from the fiddling of the late Donegal fiddler John Doherty).