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LAVERTY'S REEL. AKA - "Lafferty's." AKA and see "Glen of Aherlow (2) (The)," "Woman I never Forgot (The)." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title "Laverty's" is a corruption of "Lafferty's," the name the tune was recorded by a number of Irish musicians including Paddy Canny and Kevin Burke. However the reel is originally a composition by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler and whistle player biography:Seán Ryan (1919-1985), who titled it "Glen of Aherlow (2) (The).".

Source for notated version: Frank McCollam (Ballycastle, County Antrim) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 97, p. 25.

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