Annotation:Fergus Reel

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X:1 T:Fergus Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Treoir, vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug 1970, p. 13. Z:Seamus Mac Mathuna K:D fd (3dcd edcA|BGEF G2 AG|FA (3ABA GB (3ABA|1 Adef gbag:|2ceag fd d2|| |:fd (3dscd fdad|ge (3ede gebe|fdAF G2 AG|1 Adef gbag:|2 Adag fd d2||

FERGUS REEL. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune takes its name from the Fergus Céilí Band, Clarecastle, who performed in the 1950's and 1960's. Its members included flute player and fiddler John Joe Casey (b. 1912), accordion player Joe Sheridan and later accordion player John McCarthy. The "Fergus Reel" was composed by Casey in 1960 for the All-Ireland Fleadh in Boyle, County Roscommon, with which he won first prize.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - John Joe Casey [Treoir].

Printed sources : - Treoir, vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug 1970; p. 13. Treoir, vol. 32, No. 3, 2000; p. 14.

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