Annotation:Ambrose Moloney's

The tune is named for Ballinakill, County Galway, flute player Ambrose Moloney (whose brother Eddie, also a flutist and fiddler, played for a time with the band Shaskeen). Editor Taylor thinks the tune "vaguely reminiscent" of "The Ravelled Hank of Yarn." "The New Policeman [3]" is a related reel in the first part.

Source for notated version: Tommy Hunt (b. 1908, Lissananny, Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Flaherty]; Jim McElhone (Co. Derry) [Mulvihill].

Print Sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4, No. 27. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 128. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 87, pg. 23. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 5, pg. 6.

Recorded Sources: Green Linnett SIF3082, Paddy O'Brien & Seamus Connolly- "The Banks of the Shannon." Shaskeen - "The Mouse Behind the Dresser."