Annotation:Patsy Hanley's (1)
X: 1 T:Patsy Hanley's [1] R:reel H:Also played in D, see #729 D:Desi Wilkinson: The Three Piece Flute D:Marcas \'O Murch\'u: \'O Bh\'eal go B\'eal Z:id:hn-reel-668 M:C| F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/ha/Hanlys_1.abc K:C GAEG GAGA|(3Bcd ed cA~A2|EG~G2 A2~A2|cA{c}GE {A}EDD2:| |:eg~g2 {a}gede|g2{c'}ae {a}ged2|1 eg~g2 {a}ged2| (3Bcd ed cA~A2:|2 g2eg {c'}ageg|{a}gede cA~A2|| P:"variations" GAEG ~A2GA|cded cA~A2|GAEG ~A2GA|cA{c}GE {A}EDD2| ~G2EG ~A2G2|(3Bcd {a}ed cA~A2|EG~G2 ~A2GA|cA{c}GE {A}EDD2|| eg{a}ga {b}gede|~g2ag {a}gede|eg{a}ga gede|cded cA~A2| eg{a}ga {b}gede|~g2ag {a}gede|g2ea {c'}agea|{b}gede cA~A2|| P:"more variations" GAEG (3ABA GA|cd{a}ed cAGE|(3GAG EG (3ABA GA|cAGE D3E| (3GAG EG A2{c}AB|c2{a}ed cAGE|~G2EG A2GA|cAGE D4|| eg{a}ga gede|~g2ag {a}ged2|eg~g2 {a}gedB|cded cA{c}A2| g2{a}ga gede|~g2ag {a}ged2|gaeg {c'}age^f|{a}gedB cA{c}A2|| P:"even more variations" EG~G2 A2GA|c2{a}ed cAGE|~G2EG (3ABA GA|cAGE D4| EG~G2 A2{c}AB|cd{a}ed cAGE|GAEG A2{c}AB|cAGE D4|| eg{a}ga gede|ge{c'}ae {a}gedg|eg{a}ga {a}gedB|cded cA{c}A2| ~g3a gede|{a}geae {a}gede|^fg~g2 a3a|{a}gedB cA{c}A2||
PATSY HANLEY’S [1]. AKA - "Patsy Hanly's," "Hanley's." AKA and see "New Line to Loughaun (The)," "Purty Girls of our Town (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). Ireland, County Longford. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is named for County Roscommon flute player Patsy Hanly, who played the untitled tune in the key of C Major, although it is heard in D as well (e.g. by Harry Bradley, Peter Carberry). Patsy is said to have had the reel from fiddler James Hanly of Newtowncashel, Co. Longford, although it seems to have been particular to a few players in the area.
Fr. John Quinn transcribed a version of the tune in the 1970's from the playing of Jim Donlon of Aghaloughan, Lanesborough, County Longford, where Fr. Quinn was curate at the time. Donlon called the reel "Purty Girls of our Town (The)," which is the oldest extent title for the tune. The "New Line to Loughaun" title comes from the 2007 recording "Pathway to the Well" by flute player Matt Molloy and Fr. Quinn suspects it is possible Moloy's title may be a mishearing in conversation with Patsy Hanly of Jim Donlon's address (Aghaloughan). The Donlon and Hanly families were generations of musicians in that prot of Longford. Patrick Donlon, who played fiddle and flute, was Jim Donlon's grandfather and was a band master and instrumental teacher. James Hanly, grandfather of namesake James Hanly, was his friend and associate, Fr. Quinn explains. "Both are mentioned together in the Irish Folklore Commission records, where James Hanly in particular is said to have been a pupil of Thomas Kernan. This James Hanly was the grandfather of the James Hanly who is given as the source from whom Patsy Hanly (no relation--of a different Hanly family altogether from a different locality) got this reel." He suggests Moloy probably had the tune in the key of 'C' from Patsy Hanly, "who in turn may got it from Jim Donlon. They were great musical friends and often played together...There is a good possibility that, given that connection, the tune may have come down in both families from Thomas Kernan[1], the teacher of their grandfathers."
- ↑ Fiddler Thomas ‘Blind’ Kiernan (c.1807-1887) of Cartron, Drumlish.