Annotation:Donegal Traveler (The)

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 DONEGAL TRAVELLER REEL. AKA and see "Boreen Reel," "Drunken Tinker," "Gillespie's." Irish, Reel. D Major (Carlin): C Major (Mulvihill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Sometimes also played in A Major and other keys. The tune was recorded on a 78 RPM disc in 1939 by Hugh Gillespie, a Donegal fiddler living in New York who was much influenced by Michael Coleman. Finbar Dwyer recorded the melody as "Gillespie's" in his honor. The name Donegal is Gaelic for 'castle of the strangers.'  Source for notated version: Liam Donnelly [Mulvihill].  Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 60, p. 31. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; p. 127, No. 216. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 158, p. 43.  Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 3006C, Hugh Gillespie - "Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Music" (1992). Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992. Learned from Joe Madden).

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