Annotation:Humors of Loughrea (2)
X:1 T:Humors of Loughrea [2] M:4/4 L:1/8 B:Maguire - Hidden Fermanagh (2003, p. 113) N:From the Gunn Book. K:Edor BE E2 BEdE|BE E2 FDFA|BE E2 BABc|dBAF E2D2:| B/c/def gefd|B/c/ded B2A2|B/c/def gefd|dBAF E2D2| |:B/c/def gefd|B/c/ded B2A2|afge fdec|dBAF E2D2||
HUMORS OF LOUGHREA [2], THE. Irish, Reel (whole time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune appears under this title in The Gunn Book, a collection of tunes from the Gunn family, Belfast. Cyril Maguire remarks in his note with the tune in his publication Hidden Fermanagh (2003) that collector Brendan Breathnach had the same tune from Johnny Maguire in Belfast in 1966, albeit under the title "Gossan that Beat His Father" and says it appears in Breathnach'sCeol. vol. III, No. 1. However, Fr. John Quinn finds that Breathnach's reel in Ceol is not the same. Maguire also notes thatCo. Fermanagh flute player Cathal McConnell also had the tune by the "Gossan..." title from his source, Peter Flanagan. There remains some confusion about which tune from Johnny Maguire was really titled "Gossan that Beat His Father." As Fr. Quinn points out, there are several interrelated tunes, though perhaps not cognate, that bear that title.
