X: 1
T:Quinn of Armagh
R:Hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For Ed's longtime friend Lou Quinn, who resides in
N:Flushing, New York. He has been Ed greatest supporter
N:through the years. Lou helped to publish Ed's first book
N:of tunes in 1971.
K:D
d2 | DFA<d EAce | dfeg fdBd | ceA=c BGEG | (3GED A,D GECE |
DFA<d EAce | dfeg fdBd | cbaf gece | (3ddd f2 d2 :|
|: fg|afdf Adfa | gfge cdec | dfba gfed | (3cdc (3BcB AGFE |
DFA<d EAce | dfdg fdBd | cbaf gece | (3ddd f2 d2 :||
QUINN OF ARMAGH. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Biography:Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Named for longtime friend and supporter Lou Quinn of Flushing, New York. This sketch of Quinn appears in the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Ėireann, Mid -Atlantic Region's Hall of Fame [1]
Louie Quinn and his son Sean
Louis Eamon Quinn was born in 1904 in Newtownhamilton, Co., Armagh. He had a few lessons with alocal fiddler, Henry Savage, before emigrating to Canada in 1928. Finding his way to New York in1933, he quickly became acclimated to the Irish music scene. He became friendly with many of thetop musicians of the time, including the legendary fiddlers Michael Coleman, James Morrison, andJames “Lad” O’Beirne, with whom he maintained a lifetime association, the two of them forming oneof the most accomplished fiddle duos ever.
During the 1930’s, Louis hosted a weekly Irish radio program. With few organized music clubs inexistence at the time, the traditional music scene revolved around impromptu sessions and LouisQuinn was a regular participant in most of them in New York. In the 1950’s, with the late EdReavy of Philadelphia and the late Frank Thornton of Chicago, both also among the most respectedtraditional musicians, Louis helped establish the first national organization for Irish music inAmerica, the “Irish Musicians Association,” becoming its first President and National Chairman.This united organization provided a network of clubs that fostered the Irish traditional music soenjoyed by the Irish community and the I.M.A. grew rapidly, with many branches forming in NewYork, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Long Island. Among them was the Louis E. Quinn Branch,founded in 1959 in Mineola. With Louis instrumental in incorporating the I.M.A.’s branches intoComhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in the early 1970’s, that club, still centered in Mineola, became theMulligan-Quinn Branch of Comhaltas.
Louis Quinn & James "Lad" O'Beirne
Throughout his life, Louis Quinn was a dedicated and able ambassador for Irish music and cultureon both sides of the Atlantic. He was singularly responsible for promoting and popularizing themusic of his friend Ed Reavy both in America and Ireland, including recording two of Reavy’sreels on a Rounder records tribute album issued in 1979. Countless musicians, both Irish andAmerican born, have been greatly helped in their careers by the tireless efforts of Louis Quinnto keep the spirit and traditions of the Irish alive and well. Louis Quinn died in March 1991,just shy of his 87th birthday.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 103, p. 116.
Recorded sources : - Danny O'Donnell - "Ón tSean-Am Anall" (appears as first of "Reavy's Hornpipes").
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]