Annotation:Road to Cashel (The)

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ROAD TO CASHEL. AKA and see "Cabin Hunter (The)," "Chestnut Tree (2) (The)." Irish, Reel. B Minor (7th). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by County Leitrim pianist and fiddler Charlie Lennon in the 1970’s. The first strain is very similar to that of “Cabin Hunter (The)” though the second strains differ in some respects. Lennon is aware of the similarity between the tunes, and indicates in his writings that they are the same tune, when he notes "’The Road to Cashel’ has been recorded by the group The Boys of the Lough. It has also been recorded by Kevin Burke and Matt Molloy under the title of ‘Hunter's Cabin (The)’." Burke himself credits Lennon with the composition of the tune on his album “Up Close.”

There were magnificent churches at the ancient Munster stronghold of the Rock of Cashel, and Cashel is also a town near the Fermanagh-Leitrim border.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 212, p. 125. Lennon (Musical Memories, vol. 1), 1993.

Recorded sources: - Cló Iar-Chonnachta Records, CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie” (2001). Narada 70876-19196-2-2, Altan - "Local Ground" (2005). Shanachie 78049, Danú - "All Things Considered" (2002). Topic 12TS422, Boys of the Lough - "In the Tradition" (1981).

See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]