Annotation:Scotch Groves (The)
X:1 T:Scotch Groves, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection (c. 1909, Oriel B:region, south Ulster) K:Edor BE E/E/E eEBE|BE E/E/E dAFA|BE E/E/E eEBE|FDFA dAFA| BE E/E/E eEBE|BE E/E/E dAFA|BE E/E/E eEBE|FDFA dAFA|| Beef (3efg fe|Beef gfed|Bcde dfed|BABc dAFA| Beef (3efg fe| Beef gfga|bgaf gefd|BABc dAFD||
SCOTCH GROVES, THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Scotch Groves" is a reel contained in the late 19th/early 20th century music manuscript in the possession of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan, Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. The title "Scotch Groves" was also included in the tune list of piper Philip Goodman (c. 1831-1908), Carrickmacross, Ireland, who is variously described as "the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth", and also recorded as having been from Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan (all of which are places from the same area, and contiguous to the Donnellan's Oriel region).
- ↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.
