Annotation:Wellington's Reel (1)

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WELLINGTON'S REEL [1] (Ríl Wellington). AKA "Wellington's Reel No. 1." AKA and see "[[Fairy Hurlers]," "Galway Reel (The)," “Lord Wellington (2)," "Paddy Finlay's Favourite," "Sheehan's Reel," "Tiarna Wellington," "Walsh's Favourite." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Another version is in Breathnach’s CRÉ II, 160.

Source for notated version: fiddler James Morrison (County Sligo, Ireland/New York) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 161 (appears as “Gan anim/Untitled reel”). Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 110, p. 55.

Recorded sources: Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman - “The Heyday of Michael Coleman” (1973). Shanachie Records 33004, "The Pure Genius of James Morrison" (1978).