Annotation:Coen's Memories

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COEN'S MEMORIES. AKA - "Tommy Coen's." AKA and see "Tommy Coen's Reel (2)," "Paddy Canny's (1)." Irish Reel. E Minor (Dorian). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Urrachree, Aughrim, East Galway, fiddler and accordion player Tommy Coen (1910-1974), most famous for his composition "Christmas Eve." Coen's day job was a conductor on Connemara busses, and in later life he lived in Salthill. "Coen's Memories" is similar to Roche's "Cottage in the Grove (1) (The)," also known as "McGovern's Favourite" (as recorded by Paddy Killoran) and "Maurice Casey's Fancy."

Source for notated version: fiddler Jimmy Murphy (b. 1938, Meelick, near Swinford, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 43 (appears as "Unknown"). Treoir, 1972, vol. 4, No. 1.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 79005, De Dannan - "The Mist Covered Mountain." "Music at Matt Molloy's" (appears as "Tommy Coen's").



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