Annotation:Denis Murphy's Reel (1)

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DENIS MURPHY'S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see "Callaghan's Reel (3)," "Concert Reel (4) (The)," "Doon Reel (4) (The)," "Mr. McLeod's Reel," "Now She's Purring," "O'Callaghan's Reel." AKA - "Dennis Murphy's Miss McLeod's." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Taylor): AABB (Mulvihill). Paul de Grae calls this tune "a characteristic Sliabh Luachra reel, played with repeats as is common with such tunes" . The alternate title "Now She's Purring" was Pádraig O'Keeffe's name for the tune, notes Martin Mulvihill. Denis Murphy, a student of Sliabh Luachra fiddle master O'Keeffe's, recorded it as "The Doon Reel" on a 1940's 78 RPM made in New York, and it is said to have been a favorite tune of his. The "Callaghan" and "Doon" titles refer to fiddler and farmer Cal Callaghan of Doon, County Kerry, from whom his nephew O'Keeffe learned many of his tunes.

Source for notated version: Ann Sheehy [Mulvihill]; Denis Murphy (County Kerry) [Treoir].

Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 42, p. 11. Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1989; p. 8. Treoir, 1975.

Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 057, "Séamus Creagh & Jackie Daly" (1977). Green Linnet SIF- 1105, Patrick Street - "Irish Times" (1989).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].
Hear Jackie Daly & Séamus Creagh's recording on Soundcloud [2]

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