Annotation:Flowers of Red Hill (1)

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 FLOWERS OF REDHILL [1] (Bláthanna an Chnoic Rua). AKA and see "Anderson's Reel (3)," "Don't Be Foolish," "Hod Carrier (The)," "Jilly Neary's Favourite," "Maids of Fair Hill," "Maids of Palestine," "Mullin's Fancy," "Paddy Taylor's Reel," "Queen of May (The)," "Wild Irishman (6) (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian (Armagh Pipers, Breathnach/vol. 2, Flaherty): A Mixolydian (Breathnach/vol. 3). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Armagh Pipers): AB (Breathnach, Flaherty). The reel is associated with County Sligo. Galway flute player Tom Morrison recorded it on a 78 RPM disc in New York in the early 1920s as "Maids of Fair Hill," and flute player John McKenna recorded it in 1928 as "Flowers of Red Mill." Breathnach's two settings of the tune (CRÉ II and CRÉ III) are from the same district in Ireland, and he prints another version in CRE II (279) as an untitled tune.  Source for notated version: whistle player Jimmie McGettrick, 1966 (Bunanadden, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach, vol. 2]; flute player Roger Sherlock (Ireland) [Breathnach, vol. 3]; piper and whistle player Tommy Hunt (b. 1908, Lissananny, Ballymote, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty].  Printed sources: Armagh Piper's Club (Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 9, pg. 6. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 254, p. 131. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 125, p. 60. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3, 1976; 36. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 129.  Recorded sources: Claddagh CD BUACD 9501, "Michael Flatley" (reissue, originally recorded 1981). Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007). Coleman Center CD CC004, Gregory Daly & Ted McGowan - "The Mountain Road: A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo" (1999. Various artists). Inchecronin Records INC 7420, Roger Sherlock - "Memories of Sligo" (1978). Paddy O'Brien/James Kelly/Daithai Sproule - "Is it Yourself?"  See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irishtune.info Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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