Annotation:Doon Reel (6) (The)

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 DOON REEL [6], THE. AKA and see “Galway Reel (A),” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Moylan): ABAABB (Miller): AA'BB' (Connolly & Martin). One of the "Doon Reels" in Padraig O'Keeffe's set, obtained from his uncle, Cal Callaghan of Doon, Kerry. Paddy Cronin, also from County Kerry, recorded the tune in Boston on a Copley Records 78 RPM under the title "The Doon Reel No. 2" (paired with and followed by "Quinn's" AKA "The Mountain Top"). Cronin lived in the Boston area for much of his adult life, but returned to County Kerry in the early 1990's.   Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]: a 78 RPM Copley Records recording of Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin (who paired it with "Quinn's") [Connolly & Martin].  Printed sources: Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 22-23. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 147, p. 96. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 94, p. 54. Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; p. 32.  Recorded sources: Copely Records 9-113 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (1950). John Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF-105, Paddy Cronin - "New England Traditional Fiddling" (1978). See also Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

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