A rather choice little reel in G recorded on the lovely recording by Jack Talty and Cormac Begley "na Fir Bolg." I’m not sure which of the lads plays this solo track, but it’s neatly done.
Re: Dennis Murphy’s
Hi Bill
I never thought to check if this was here so thank you for posting it.
The only person who plays it (that I know of) out here in Tassie is 2 row player Mick Flanagan (Joe Cooley’s nephew) from Galway and he, like me, just knew it as Murphy’s.
Thanks again
All the best
Brian x
Re: Dennis Murphy’s
Hi Brian.
I can’t find the liner notes for Na Fir Bolg so I’m not sure of the provenance. I’d guess from Cormac Begley’s repertoir—seems like all Sliabh Luachra tunes are called O’Keefe’s, O’Leary’s, or Dennis Murphy’s. Unless Cronin’s or Tom Billy’s. I find it lays nicely on the flute—though if you play in duet with a fiddle, the long high C note has all kinds of interesting potential! On the 3-row CBA the G fingering’s a little twisty. F is a bit easier to finger and sounds good too.
I’d say more related to the Lord MacDonald’s/Leather Breeches group but with some very distinctive phrases in both parts.
Re: Dennis Murphy’s
This looks like a duplicate of Murphy’s Scartaglen https://thesession.org/tunes/12996 shifted up to G from D. BTW, the links to 21 recordings look dubious as they are coupled with polkas and slides!
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