X:1
T:Untitled Reel
T:Glasslough
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:"From ms. of Mr. James Whiteside."
N:Whiteside was a schoolmaster from Bray, Co. Wicklow.
B:Darley & McCall - Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs (1914, No. 51)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
Bd|ge (3efe dB B2|gefg a2 af|ge (3efe dBBA|Bgge d2 Bd|
ge (3efe dB B2|gefg a2 af|ge (3efe dBBA|Bgge d2||
BG|EA (3ABA GB (3BcB|dege d2 BG|EA (3ABA GB (3BcB|gedB ABAG|
EA (3ABA GB (3BcB|de (3gfe d2 BG|EA (3ABA GB (3BcB|(3gfe dB A2||
James WhitesideGLASSLOUGH REEL, THE (Ríl an Ghlaslocha). Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published as an untitled reel from a manuscript in the possession of Mr. James Whitesides (Bray, Co. Wicklow), by Arthur Darley & Patrick McCall in their Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs (1914).
Additional notes Source for notated version : - the mid-20th century collection of schoolteacher and fiddler Michael "Master" McDermott (Carrickmore, southern County Tyrone), who got his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach]; schoolmaster James Whiteside MS. (Bray, Co. Wicklow) [Darley & McCall]. Francis O'Neill obtained his "Molly of Lough Erne Shore" from the Whiteside ms. and and this to say: "James Whiteside, the 'Bard of Bray', County Wicklow, was a genius-scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O'Neill's] Irish Minstrels and Musicians." See note for "Annotation:My Charmer from Clare" for more on Whiteside.
Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. IV), 1996; No. 160, p. 76. Darley & McCall (Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs), 1914; No. 51 (appears as untitled reel)
