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O'CONNELL'S REEL [2] (Ríl Uí Chonaill). AKA and see "Charlie Harris' (2)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was printed in Treoir (vol. 6, no. 5) as "John P. Blessing's Favourite." As "Night of the Fun (2) (The)" Breathnach finds that it appears in the Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909).

Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of schoolmaster and fiddler Michael 'Master' McDermott (Carrickmore, southern County Tyrone), who learned his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach & Small (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 174, p. 81.

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