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JIM DONOGHUE'S REEL. AKA - "Jim Donaghue's." AKA and see "Hills of Clogher (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). Ireland, County Sligo. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was composed by Drumacoo, Monasteraden, flute player Jim Donoghue (1910-1990). Drumacoo is situated on the County Sligo/Roscommon border bewtween Ballaghaderreen and Gurteen, and was the same townland where lived Jim Coleman, a famed fiddler and older brother to Michael Coleman. Jim Coleman and Jim Donoaghue were a popular duet for local house dances. The second strain closely resembles the second part of "Sheila Coyle's," while both parts resemble the third part of "Jackson's Reel (3)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - conical {"Clarke's"} whistle player Jim Donoghue (1910-1990, Drimacoo, Monasteraden, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; flute player Father James McDonagh (Bunninadden, Co. Sligo) [Treoir].

Printed sources : - Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 179. Prior (Fionn Seisiún 3), 2007; p. 9. Treoir, vol. 33, No. 2, 2001; p. 28.

Recorded sources : - Coleman Center CD CC004, James McDonagh & Seamus Quinn - "The Mountain Road" (1999. Various artists. "A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo").

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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