Annotation:Humors of Castlefinn (The)
X:1 T:The Humours of Castlefinn B:Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann I, no. 186 R:reel M:4/4 L:1/8 Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae K:Edor dc|BE ~E2 BAFB|AD ~D2 FAAd|BE ~E2 B2 AF|GBAF E2 FA| BE ~E2 BAFB|AD ~D2 FAAd|BE ~E2 B2 AF|GBAF E3 z || B2 eB egfe|defg afed|B2 ed efgb|agfa ge e2| ~B2 ed egfe|defg afdf|efga bagf|e2 fd edBA||
HUMOURS OF CASTLEFINN, THE (Pléaráca Chaisleán na Finne). AKA - "Humors of Castlefin." AKA and see "Eagan's." Irish, Reel (whole or cut time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The late fiddler Danny O'Donnell (1910-2001) said on notes to his album that the famous Donegal fiddler Neilly Boyle had a friend named Joe Boyle who taught near Castlefin, Donegal, and that was the derivation of the tunes name. Neilly passed it on to Frank O'Higgins. Paddy Canny recorded the tune as "Eagan's." "Paddy Miles' Fricassee" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) is generally similar (more so in the first strain) and perhaps cognate.
