Over The Moor To Peggy reel

This single reel is often played after Dr Gilbert’s, I took this setting from a tape of Martin Wynn’s playing it with Brian Conway. I use my pinky on those “dece” bits instead of the open string to give it a smoother sound.

This is a setting of “Come West Along the Road” as played by James “Lad” O’Beirne, the Sligo fiddler in New York. A tape of him playing it was the source for the Conway/DeMarco and James Kelly recordings.

To me, this tune is more like a 2-part version of “The Foxhunter’s Reel.”

Paul Brock says in the sleeve notes of his LP - Mo Chairdin:
“The Monasteraden Fancy, which was included in a set of reels recorded by the Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band in 1937, probably got it’s name from a townland in Co. Sligo. It is located near Gurteen in South County Sligo in the general area which produced a number of the legendary Irish traditional fiddle players including James Morrison & Michael Coleman.”

The Monasteryeden Fancy: https://thesession.org/tunes/2689

Correct spelling would appear to be - Monasteraden. see:
http://monasteraden.com/

Paul Brock says in the sleeve notes of his LP - Mo Chairdin:

"The Monasteraden Fancy, which was included in a set of reels recorded by the Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band in 1937, probably got it’s name from a townland in Co. Sligo.
It is located near Gurteen in South County Sligo in the general area which produced a number of the legendary Irish traditional fiddle players including James Morrison & Michael Coleman."

Here’s his version of the tune:

X: 1
T: Monasteraden Fancy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d2BG DGBG|dGBG dgeg|d2BG DGBG|AAAB c2Bc|
d2BG DGBG|dGBG dgeg|d2BG DGBG|AAAB c2Bc||
dg(3gag dgeg|dg(3gag c2Bc|dg(3gag defe|dcAB c2Bc|
dg(3gag dgeg|dg(3gag c2Bc|dg(3gag agfe|dcAB c2Bc||

Correct spelling would appear to be - Monasteraden. see:
http://monasteraden.com/

Thanks slainte.
I’m certainly keeping you on your toes.

I just happened to know the tune from Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O’Loughlin’s beautiful duet playing.

Watch James Kelly play this tune: http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb1K5BCtLY8

play video

http://www.soundlantern.com/UpdatedSoundPage.do?ToId=23189

Second tune in the set,

James Kelly starts and finishes with the B-part in the Youtube vid but I’ve transcribed A-part first.

X: 1
T: Monasteraden Fancy
S: Lad O’Beirne via James Kelly (Youtube)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d2BG dG~G2|dGBG ABce|d2BG DGBd|cBAB c2Bc|
d2BG DG~G2|DGBG ABce|d2BG DGBd|cBAB c2 (3ABc||
|:dg~g2 dfec|dg~g2 ABcA|dg~g2 defd|cBAB c2Bc:|

A-part 2nd time
d2BG DG~G2|DGBG ABce|d2BG DGBd|cBAB ~c3e|
d2BG DGBG|DGBG ABce|d2BG DGBd|cBAB c2 (3ABc||

A-part 3rd time
d2BG DG~G2|DGBG ~c3e|d2BG DGBd|cBAB cege|
d2BG DG~G2|DGBG ~c3e|d2BG DGBG|AF~F2 ABcA||G…

Cathal McConnell has a tune @ Custy’s which I think is a version of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN1RARbEQNw

play video

X: 1
T: Monasteraden Fancy
S: P Flanagan via Cathal McConnell
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
ge|dGBG DG~G2|dGBG A2ge|dGBG DG~G2|AF~F2 A2:|
z2|dg~g2 dgeg|dg~g2 B2Bc|1 dg~g2 dged|BAGA B2Bc:|2 dega bgag|fdcA G2||

X: 1
T: The Monasteraden Fancy
S: Anne Marie McGowan & Colm O’Donnell
D: The Killaville Sessions (Ceoltóirí Coleman)
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d2BG dG~G2|DGBd c2Bc|dcBG DGBd|cBAB c2ge|
d2BG DG~G2|DGBd cABc|d2BG DG~G2|cBAB c4||
dg~g2 dgeg|dggd c2Bc|dg~g2 defd|cBAB c2Bc|
dg~g2 dgeg|dggd c2Bc|dg~g2 bgag|fdef g4||

X: 1
T: Over the Moor to Peggy
T: Trasna an Mhóinteáin go Peige
S: B.Breathnach: “Ceol Rince na hEireann” II/206
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
ge|d2BG dGBG|d2BG efge|d2BG dGBG|cBAB cdge|
d2BG dGBG|d2BG efge|d2BG dGBG|cBAB c2||
Bc|dg~g2 dgeg|dg~g2 d2Bc|dg~g2 defe|dcAB c2Bc|
dg~g2 dgeg|dg~g2 d2Bc|dg~g2 aggf|dcAB cd||

Go here for another version and title https://thesession.org/tunes/8377

AKA Over the Moor to Peggy https://thesession.org/tunes/2689