McDonagh’s (reel) on The Session

Two settings

X: 1
T: McDonagh's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
B2Ac BEED | ~E2BE ~E2Bd | BAFA D3E | EDAD FDFA |
BdAc BEED | ~E2BE ~E2Bd | BAGF GAB^c |1 dBAG FDFA :|2 dBAG FAB^c ||
[K:D] |: d2ef gfeg | fB~B2 fB~B2 | d2ef gfed | ceae ceae |
d2ef gfeg | fB~B2 fbba | afge fdec | dBAG FDFA ||

X: 2
T: McDonagh's
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
defd AAAd | B/2c/2d ef gfef | defd AAAB | BAGE EDDz |
defd AAAd | B/2c/2d ef gfef | defd AAAB | BAGE EDDz ||
A/2B/2d fd Adfd | Acec fcec | d/2d/2d fd Adfd | efge fddz |
A/2B/2d fd A/2B/2d fd | A/2B/2c ef gzfe | defg aaaf | gfeg fd d2 ||

Five comments

Oisin’s

Couldn’t find this among the pile of tunes already here. Don’t know anything about it except that it’s the second tune played by Oisin MacDiarmada and Louise Mulcahy, after the Tinker’s Stick, on this clip: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_214_1_duet_with_louise_mulcahy_and_oisin_macdiarmada

There’s some confusion about whether the melody pops up to an A or a G# in the fourth measure of the B part. It seems that you could do either.

Does anyone have any info on this tune?

G# ??

I meant to say that the melody pops up to either an A or G. G# would be fairly weird.

McDonagh’s

It’s called McDonagh’s and it’s already here:
https://thesession.org/tunes/1963
It’s also on Matt Molloy’s first album.

so it is! thanks!

Re: McDonagh’s

The "McDonagh’s" posted above as "Setting #2" is a different tune which shares the same name, and both were recorded by Matt Molloy in the same set on his first solo album.

McDonagh’s reel