X:1
T:Glory Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:transcribed by Bill Reeder
K:G Major
|:G2 BG dGBG| G2 BG AFDF| G2 BG dGBG| c2 Bc AFDF :|
|:E6 cA| BGEB AFDF| E3 E E2cA|1 BdcB AFDF :|2 BdcB A2 ef|
|:gagf e2 ef| g2 fg ecAf| gagf eaaf|1 g2 fg ecAf:|2 g2fg ecAF||
GLORY REEL (Ril na Gloire). Irish, Reel. Ireland, Glencolumbkille and Kilcar area, southwest Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC'. The title is an Englished corruption of the Gaelic Ril na Gloar ('the drone-sounding reel'). A popular reel in County Donegal, given impetus from the playing of the Deargs of Kilcar; in fact, the tune has been credited to the late Francie Dearg (red-haired) Byrne of Cashel, Kilcar, Donegal. An untitled tune in Brendan Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉirreann (vol. II, No. 162) bears strong similarities to the Donegal tune. See also a related untitled tune in The Northern Fiddler (1979), p. 76(b).
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Francie and Mickey Byrne (Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty].
Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 162 (appears as untitled reel). Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 162.
Recorded sources : - Green Linnett GLCE 1137, Altan - "Island Angel" (1993. Learned from the late Francie and Micky Byrne of Kilcar, Donegal). RTE Records, Deargs of Kilcar - "The Donegal Fiddle." Popcorn Behavior - "Journeywork" (1997).
See also listing at : Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
