Limerick House reel

Also known as The Drummer.

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Limerick House has been added to 1 tunebook.

One setting

X: 1
T: Limerick House
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|:g^fga g=fed|cdec GFEe|f2fg fedc|(3BcB (3ABA GFEG|
g^fga g=fed|cdec GFED|CDEF GABd|1 cded cGEG:|2 cded cGEF||
|:GcBc ecBc|gcBc acBc|bg{a}gf afdc|BcdB edcA|
GcBc ecBc|gcBc acBc|bBaB gedc|1 BGAB cGEF:|2 BGAB c2G2||
f2fe fcAc|f2fe fcAc|g2{a}g^f gdBd|g2{a}g^f gbeg|
f2fe fcAc|fefg f2(3G,A,B,|CDEF GECF AFDE GEC2|
f2fe fcAc|f2fe fcAc|g2{a}g^f gdBd|gb(3ag^f gbeg|
f2fe fcAc|fefg f2(3G,A,B,|CDEF GABd|cded cGEG|

Two comments

Limerick House

A really cool reel from Donegal, first heard on Ceol na dTéad by Francie and Mickey Byrne. I then heard it on Ceol na Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, there known as “The Drummer”. I know nothing about the history of this tune; possibly another of those great Francie Byrne compositions? Note that on Ceol na dTéad, the Byrnes play the three parts in the order AABBCCBBAA (it’s a very short track), whereas Ciarán Ó Maonaigh plays it in a more “standard” AABBCC order.

Re: Limerick House

Ciarán Ó Maonaigh’s recording is called Ceol a’ Ghleanna. My apologies.

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