East Clare

reel

Key signature: Ddorian

Submitted on May 24th 2004 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 52 tunebooks.

Also known as Charlie Mulvihill's, The Corn Boy, Francie Donnellan's, Galtee Mountains, Johnny McGreevy's Favourite, McAuliffe's, McGlinchey's Fancy, McGreevey's, McGreevy's Favourite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
Baker's Well by Baker's Well
Bakerswell by Bakerswell
Capel Street by James Kelly
Cooley's House by Conor Keane
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
Out Of The Woods by Randal Bays
Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
Traditional Irish Fiddling From County Limerick by Martin Mulvihill With Mick Moloney
Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong
Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
Tripswitch by John McSherry And Dónal O'Connor

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: East Clare
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ddor
"Basic melody"
|: DEFA d2 cA | GEED EFGc | Add^c d2 ed | cAGE EDCE |
DEFA d2 cA | GEED EFGc | Add^c d2 dB | cAGE EDD2 :|
|: aged c2 cd | edcd egg2 | aged Bc2 c | cAGE EDD2 |
edeg aged | c2 cB cAGE | F2 FE FGAB |1 cAGE EDD2 :|2 cAGE EDCE ||
"As played"
|: DEFA {^c}d2 =cA | GE{G}ED EFGc | Add^c (cd)ed | cAGE{G} EDCE |
DEFA (^cd)=cA | GE{G}ED EFGc |1 Add^c (cd)dB | cAGE{G} EDD2 :|2 Add^c dfed | cAGE{G} EDDa ||
|: aged (Bc)cd | edcd e~g3 | aged (Bc2) c | cAGE{G} EDD2 |
edeg ageB | ~c3B cAGE |1 F2 CF (FG)AB | cAGE{G} EDD2 :|2 ~F3G AGAB | cAGE{G} EDCE ||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

The East Clare Reel

I learned this off the playing of Michael McGoldrick, adapted to fall under my fingers on fiddle. The version I heard was fairly slow and swingy, and that's still how I like to play it. It also plays well on a C whistle.

# Posted on May 24th 2004 by Will CPT

Nice one Will, I was playing through it a few times on my flute and then slid into The Maids of Mitchelstown without any effort. S'fun.

# Posted on May 24th 2004 by Phantom Button

I think it's on Mary MacNamara's "Traditional Music from East Clare." I don't remember the name.

# Posted on May 24th 2004 by slainte

Oh, yes, it's listed as McGreevy's Favourite. It seems associated with Chicago fiddle player Johnny McGreevy, who used to visit Co. Clare.

# Posted on May 24th 2004 by slainte

This was also on John Vesey's Shanachie album, where he just absolutely played the beejeezus out of it. His title was "McGlinchey's Fancy" - not one of Breandan's tunes though, I assume?
This is one of those tunes pipers don't know about and are really missing out on, it has heaps of scope for going well on the chanter.

# Posted on January 27th 2005 by Kevin Rietmann

Also played in Dmix.

# Posted on October 11th 2005 by slainte

Fiddle version

Hey Will, there's a great fiddle version of this in D mix on Randal Bay's CD, "Out of the Woods." Have you heard it?

# Posted on February 14th 2006 by Phantom Button

This tune is called Charlie Mulvihill's on Tripswitch's CD. It's a nice one on a low D whistle and great for practicing F naturals.

# Posted on July 15th 2006 by jdicarlo

As a lazy fluter I'd rather play this tune in Dmix with F sharps. I believe Mary MacNamara recorded it in Dmix with PJ Hayes, and Harry Bradley and Paul O'Shaughnessy recenly did in the flute-friendly key too.

# Posted on July 15th 2006 by slainte

I know you're not all talk ~ so, where's your transcript already? ;-)

# Posted on July 15th 2006 by ceolachan

You can find a very neat transcription of Randal Bay's version of the tune in Dmix at JC's tune finder, where it's listed as X:210 "McGreevy's". MacNamra & Hayes' version and Bradley & O'Shaughnessy version are pretty close to it.

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by slainte

That's not good enough... :-/

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

I've been busy!

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by slainte

"Francie Donnellan's Reel" ~ Lest we forget the duplications

Submitted on October 10th 2005 by Ptarmigan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5060

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

Yeah, busy, that's why you've been spending so much time here lately, doing research for your thesis? ~ ;-)

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

McGreevey's

Here's a flute-friendly version based on Harry Bradley and Paul O'Shaughnessy's playing:

K: Dmix
D2FA d2cA|GEED EFGB|Add^c d=cAB|1 cAGE EDCE:|2 cAGE EDD2||
aged cded|cBcd eg~g2|aged cded|cAGE EDD2|
edeg aged|dcAB c2Bc|ADFD EGAB|cAGE EDCE||

They actually recorded it double. Mary MacNamara's version is pretty much the same except for the ending:

edeg aged|dcAB cAGB|A=FFE FGAB|cAGE EDCE||

# Posted on January 10th 2008 by slainte

Single or double?

There is a mistake in my transcription of Bradley/O'Shuaghnessy version. They actually played the tune as a double reel while Mary MacNamara and P.J. Hayes recorded it as a single reel. I heard it played both ways in several different places, but found it's played as a double reel more often.

The version I often hear and play in Tokyo is something like this:

I think I heard the tune in London or Dublin recently, and found the local version there was basically the same. I like the F natural note toward the end even though I play the keyless flute.

# Posted on June 5th 2008 by slainte