Annotation:Reel (90)
X:1 T:Reel [90] T:Untitled T:Countess of Sutherland’s Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 250, p. 53) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=52&z=103.9366%2C81.7291%2C3278.6224%2C1328.6073 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 DG EGDE|G2 BG AGEF|G2 DG EG D2|BdAc BG G2:| gdBd ecAc|dBGB AF D2|gdBd ecAc|BdAc BG G2| gdBd ecAc|dBGB AF D2|egfa gedc|BdAc BGAF||
REEL [90]. This untitled reel wasentered into Book 2 (Grier No. 250) of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894). Grier researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find it cognate with "Countess of Sutherland (1)," "Downshire Reel (The)," "Highland Lament (The)," "Lucky in Love" and others in the tune family.
