Annotation:Connolly's Reel
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CONNOLLY'S REEL (Ríl Uí Chonghaile). AKA and see "Cobbler's Hornpipe (2) (The)," "Craig's Pipes," "Fiddler is Drunk (The)," "Foxhunters (Reel) (1)," "Greg's Pipe Tune," "Gregg's Pipes," "Gun Do Dhuitam Bodach Fodar Dhomh" (Old Man Wouldn't Give Me Straw (The)), "Kerry Huntsman (The)," "Kregg's Pipes," "Manchester Reel (1)," "Píopaí Greig," "Whistling Postman (1) (The)," "Willie Wink's Testament (2)," "Willie Winkie's Testament (2)," "Willy Wilky." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Clare. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Breathnach (1963) states this is a County Clare name for "Greig's Pipes."
Source for notated version: fiddler Kathleen Collins (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 146, p. 68.
Recorded sources: Shanachie 29002, "Kathleen Collins" (1976).