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The Truckley Howl

By John Blake, Mairéad Hurley and Nathan Gourley

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  1. The Grand Spy
    McFadden’s Own
  2. The Shoemaker’s Fancy
    The Clare Shout
  3. Louis Quinn’s
    Spellan The Fiddler
  4. Tom Moylan’s Frolics
    Papa’s Pet
    The Spike Island Lasses
  5. Champagne Charlie
    The Horseshoe
    Bill Harte’s
  6. Dogs Among The Bushes
    John Kelly’s College Groves
    The Whistling Postman
  7. By Golly
    The Humors Of Rahey
  8. The Post Office
    The Mountain Top
  9. Ah Surely
    The Copperplate
  10. The Spanish Fandango
  11. Miss McDonald’s
    John Dwyer’s
  12. O’Rahilly’s Grave
    Paddy Mills’
  13. The Furze In Bloom
    Tumble The Tinker
  14. The Stage
    Johnny Cronin’s
    The Flax In Bloom

Four comments

“The Truckley Howl” & the musicians are:

Nathan Gourley - fiddle
Boston - ex Chulrua, the Doon Ceili Band, the Two Tap Trio, and the Máirtín de Cógáin Project

Maire’ad Hurley - concertina
Sligo

John Blake - guitar, piano, flute
London - ex Téada

A promising combination of instruments and talents, I look forward to chasing up a listen. Maybe someone else has and can tell us more about this recording?

Re: The Truckley Howl

Track 11………… just posted yesterday. Excellent.

https://youtu.be/H-vQyGZDoRI


I seem to recognise the 2nd reel as more commonly known as Finbarr Dwyer’s, rather than John Dwyer’s. Could be wrong.