Annotation:Hand Me Down the Tackle (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
HAND ME DOWN THE TACKLE. AKA and see "Drogheda Lass (1)/Drogheda Lasses (1)," "Drogheda Reel (The)," "Dangerous Reel (The)," "Hielanman's Kneebuckle," "Highlander's Kneebuckle," "Pure Drop (2) (The)," "Reidy Johnson's (2)," "Road to Drogheda (The)," "Tom Steele," "Tomm Steele." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Haand Me Doon da Tackle," as it is called, is also played in the Shetland Isles. Paddy Glackin identifies it as a tune from the Donegal tradition, and that his is "an interesting version of a well-known reel which is a favorite with pipers." O'Neill calls the tune "Tom Steele," and this was the title used by the Flanagan brothers when they recorded the melody in the 1928. "Drogheda Lasses" is a related tune.
Sources for notated versions: Dublin piano accordion player/piper Seamus Meehan [Tweed]; set dance session music at Na Píobairí Uilleann, recorded in the 1980's [Taylor].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; p. 156. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed's Irish Choice), 1994; p. 18. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 3.
Recorded sources: BERCD 001, Arty McGlynn - "McGlynn's Fancy." CC 47, Ronan Browne (with O'Loughlin) - "The Southwest Wind." Celtic Crossings CD0299-02, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau - "Tracin" (1999. Learned from concertina player Paddy Murphy, Fiach Roe, Sliabh Callan region, West Clare). CK 01, Conor Keane - "Cooley's House." DMP Records, Karen Tweed - "Drops of Springwater" (1994). Green Linnet SIF 3051, Frankie Gavin - "Frankie's Goes to Town." Franie Gavin - "Tribute to Joe Cooley." Gael-Linn CEF 137, Sean Maguire - "Portraid." Gael-Linn CEF 145, Various - "Ceol Tigh Neachtain." Gael-Linn CEF 153, Paddy Glackin - "In Full Spate" (1991). NPU 002, Templehouse Ceili Band - "Music for the Sets, Vol. 1." WW 004, Grianan - "Maid of Erin." John Doherty - "The Floating Bow." Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Humors of Lissadell." . The Long Mile - Seamus Thompson - "The Long Mile." Seamus Ennis - "Return from Fingal." Oisin - "The Jenny C."