Coen's Memories
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]," also known as "McGovern's Favorite" (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 source: Shanachie 79005, De Dannan - "The Mist Covered Mountain." "Music at Matt Molloy's" (appears as "Tommy Coen's").
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