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MULLOY'S REEL (Ríl Uí Mhaolmhuaidh). AKA and see "Irish Girl (The)," "Malloy's Favorite," "Molloy's Favorite." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Accordion player J.P. Conlon recorded the tune in 1929 as "Irish Girl (The)."

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 138, p. 55. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 77 (appears as "Untitled Reel" at top of page). Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 70.

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