Jim Conroy's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on April 19th 2004 by jdave.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Also known as Connie Hogan's, Tony Smith's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
• Maiden Voyage by Various Artists
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Unheard by Eddie Clarke

X: 1
T: Jim Conroy's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
A2BG EGDE|G2BG dGBG|A2BG EGDG|1Bdef gedB:|2Bdef gede||
g2bg egde|gabg fgab|g2bg egdB|dega bg~g2|
g2bg egde|gabg fgac'|bgaf gefd|gaba gedB|

Jim Conroy's Reel

From Jack and Charlie Coen's The Branch Line. There are two tunes called Jim Conroy's on the recording, one of them a jig which is already posted, and this reel.

Jim Conroy was a Galway flutist and a major influence on Jack Coen; many tunes in Jack's repertoire came from Jim.

The A part of this tune is very similiar to "The Ballinafad Fancy"; try playing them back to back and see if you can keep them unsnarled--I'm working on it.

-Jonathan

# Posted on April 19th 2004 by jdave

Find another transcription here http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3209

# Posted on May 1st 2007 by Dr. Dow

Woodford Reel

So, Jack and Charlie Coen recorded this as "Jim Conroy's" and Mary MacNamara did it as "Connie Hogan's." Jim Conroy is/was a flute player from Woodford as written above, and Connie Hogan was a concertina player from Gurteen near Woodford. Now, we know which part of Ireland this tune comes from.

A Woodford whistle player called Gerry Conroy played a great set of reels on Mary and Mike Rafferty's "The Road from Ballinakill." He is probably a son of Jim.

# Posted on June 5th 2007 by slainte

By the way, second part is very similar to Harry Bradley's version of Old Maid of Galway.

# Posted on June 5th 2007 by slainte