Farrel O'Gara's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 12th 2001 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 213 tunebooks.

Also known as The Falcarragh , Faral O'Gara, Farl O'Gara, Farral O'Gara, Farrall O'Gara, Farrel Gara, Farrel O'Gara, Farrell Gara, Farrell O' Gara, Farrell O'Gara, Farrell O'Gara's, Feargal O'Gara, Fearghaill O'Gara, Fearghal O Ghadra, Fearghal O' Gadhra, Fearghal O'Gara, Fearghal O'Gara's, Fergal O'Gara, Fergal O'Gara's, Ferghal O'Gadhra, Ferral O'Gara.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Various Artists
A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
An Ghaoth Anair (The West Wind) by Na Fili
At Home by Rosie Shipley And Matt Mulqueen
Back In Town by Paddy Killoran
Bang On by Oige
Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) by John Whelan
Cherish The Ladies by Peg McGrath, Kathleen Smyth, Mary Mulholland
Close To Home by Donald Black And Malcolm Jones
Conversation At The Crosses by Pat O'Connor And Eoghan O'Sullivan
Cooley by Joe Cooley
Crossroads by Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd
Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
Dragon Reels by Roger Landes
Drops Of Springwater by Karen Tweed
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
Farewell To Ireland CD 4 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
Fiddle Sticks, Irish Traditional Music From Donegal by Various Artists
Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
Folktrax 154 - The Sligo Fiddler: Michael Coleman by Michael Coleman
Folktrax-077 The Jolly Tinker: Michael Gorman, Irish Fiddler by Michael Gorman
From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
From Shetland by Trevor Hunter
Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
Handed Down by Cathal Hayden
Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
Irish Violin by Jackie Roche
Live At Lena's by The Lahawns
Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples
Milestone At The Garden by Irish Fiddle Masters From The 78 RPM Era
Music Of North Connacht by Innisfree Céilí Band
North-by-NorthWest by Eliot Grasso And Dave Cory
On A Meadowlark Night: Dance Music From New England, Ireland, Scotland, Québec, And Cape Breton by Eric Eid-Reiner And Friends
Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
Rattlin' Banjos (part 2) by David McNevin
Return To Inis Mor by Joe Derrane
River Reel by Begley,Glackin And O'Brien
Seoltai Seidte (Setting Sail) by Various Artists
Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
Temple House 1 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
The Curlew by Cliff Moses
The Fiddle Music Of Donegal - Volume One by Various Artists
The Floating Bowhand by Jim McKillop
The Irish Concertina Two by Noel Hill
The Iron Behind The Velvet by Christy Moore
The Maid Of Eirin by Grianan
The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
The Parish Platform by Rattle The Boards
The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
The Tocane Concerts by Various Artists
The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
Tru The Years by Jim McKillop
Turning The Tune by Charlie Lennon
Two Champions: Irish Traditional Music At Its Best. by Sean McGuire And Joe Burke
Walking Stones by Ken Kolodner, Laura Risk, Robin Bullock

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Farrel O'Gara's

The title of this tune is spelled however anybody feels like (it seems) so I just chose the most popular anglified spelling. This tune is almost always paired with 'Good Morning to Your Nightcap' and is popular at both a session or a feis.

# Posted on August 12th 2001 by Brad Maloney

Fergal O'Gara

T:Fergal O'Gara
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Matt Molloy - Paul Brady - Tommy Peoples
R:reel
Z:g.m.p
K:D
~A,3B, DEFA|BFAF EFGA|dBBA BAGF|(3GFE ED EDB,D|
~A3,B, DEFA|BFAF EFGA|dBcA (3Bcd AF|G2EG FDD2:|
fdde fdgd|fdgf edBc|dBBA Bcde|fdgf e2ge|
fdde fdgd|fdgf edBc|dBBA BAGF|G2EG FDD2|
fdde fdgd|fdgf edBc|dBBA Bcde|fdgf ~e3g|
faaf edBc|d2ed BAFD|EDB,D A,DFA|(3Bcd AF EFD2||

# Posted on June 6th 2003 by gian marco

Haven't seen this suggested anywhere but I notice the Sligo lord Fearghal Ó Gadhra was patron of the Annals of the Four Masters, a chronicle of medieval Ireland, and perhaps this title commemorates him.
Farrell O'Gara is also an old title for the reel in O'Neill's called the Macroom Lasses - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1042 or the Killarney Wonder - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2709
K.W. is a popular title for whatever - Packie Dolan recorded the Bantry hornpipe (which was composed by Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin) under that title, Paddy Cronin used it for Kitty's Wedding.

# Posted on November 13th 2006 by Kevin Rietmann

Farrel O'Gara

I'd go with something between Mad Baloney's version and gian marco's. Mad Baloney's is much closer in notes to what I learnt ages and ages ago in the West of Clare, but they played it doubled reather than single, which is how I've always found it to be played.

There's a version commonly played in sessions nowadays which has less notes, a bit more like gian marco's version, except with even less and played way too fast.

# Posted on November 5th 2008 by benhall.1

Farrel O'Gara

As played in Galway by an incredible piano accordion player:

X: 1
T: Farrel O'Gara
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
A,D (3DDD A,DFA | BFAF E2 (3ABc | d2cA BdAF | (3GFE FD EDB,D |
A,D (3DDD A,DFA | BFAF EFAc | cdcd BdAF |1 GFEG FDB,D :|2 GFEG FDD2 ||
fd (3ddd fdgd | fd (3ddd edBc | dBBA Bcde | fagf e3d |
fd (3ddd fdgd | fd (3ddd edBc | dBBA BdAF | GFEG FDD2 |
fd (3ddd fdgd | fd (3ddd edBc | dBBA Bcde | fagf ef (3gfe |
a3f edBc | dfed BAFA | A,D (3DDD A,DFA | BFAF D2DB, ||

# Posted on December 25th 2008 by Pere

Farrel O'Gara

First tune here by the White Hare Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTOBgBqFsCQ

# Posted on October 13th 2009 by conscientious objector