Annotation:James Byrne's Reel (2)
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JAMES BYRNE'S (REEL) [2]. AKA - "Jimmy Byrne's," "Jamesy Byrnes' Downfall." AKA and see "Maids of Tullyknockbrine (The)," "Rat in the Thatch." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. James Byrne (1946-2008) was a fiddler and a pig farmer from the mountainous Irish-speaking region of Glencolmcille, south-west County Donegal. He was a leading exponent of the Scottish-influenced Donegal style of fiddling.
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Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Frankie Gavin - "How the West was Won" (as "Jimmy Byrne's").
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]