Annotation:Garrett Barry's Reel

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GARRETT BARRY'S REEL. AKA and see "Denis Murphy's Reel (1)," "Mr. McLeod's." AKA - "Denis Murphy's Miss McLeod's." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Garrett Barry (1847-1899) was a blind piper from Inagh, County Clare, who died in the Ennistymon Poor House around the year 1900, "whose memory is very much alive in the locality to the present day" (Mitchell). It is said that it was Barry's habit to pair this tune with the "Virginia Reel (6)."

Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell].

Printed sources: Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 23, p. 42.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1157, "John Williams." Music at Matt Molloy's. Green Linnet SIF 3111, The Bothy Band - "Live at the BBC, '76, '78." GlobeStyle: CDORBD 084, Pat Mitchell - "Gentlemen Pipers" (1994). Topic: 12TS294 (Ossian 71), Pat Mitchell - "Uilleann Pipes" (1976).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]