Blacksmith's Fancy (The)

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 BLACKSMITH'S FANCY, THE (Rogha an Ghabha). AKA and see "The Donegal Reel." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. This reel was recorded by Donegal fiddlers John Doherty (c. 1895-1980) and Frank Cassidy (d. 1961) playing duet for the Irish Folklore Commission. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh identifies the reel as coming from fiddler John James Connaghan, Mountcharles, County Donegal, a blacksmith by trade, hence the title. Doherty recorded it under the title "The Donegal Reel." Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 193. Mac Aoidh (An Ceol, vol. 2). Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 072/073, John Doherty. Gael-Linn CEFCD 140, Séamus & Kevin Glackin - "Na Saighneáin/Northern Lights" (learned from fiddler Frank Cassidy, Teelin, County Donegal). Green Linnet GLCD 1078, Frankie Kennedy & Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh - "Altan." __NORICHEDITOR__