Annotation:Achonry Lasses
Tune properties and standard notation
ACHONRY LASSES (Gearrchailiú Achadh Conaire). AKA Gearrchailiú Achadh Conaire, The Aconry Lasses,The Loughs of Cavan, The Anchonry Lasses. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: fiddler Sonny McDonagh, 1966 (Bunanadden, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 158, pg. 84. Tacar Port, i.
The melody appears to have Sligo associations, particularly as the title is a Sligo place name. Achonry is the site of monastic ruins that date to the 6th century A.D. The tune was recorded in 1927 by County Sligo fiddler Michael Gorman, and Brendan Breathnach transcribed the reel in 1966 from the playing of fiddler Sonny McDonagh, of Bunanadden, Co. Sligo. Ed Reavy played a version he called "The Loughs of Cavan," and claimed authorship, although the melody clearly predates him.
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