The Clogger's Quilt

reel

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on May 12th 2004 by Donough.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Also known as Ballyket Courthouse, The Ballyket Courthouse, Barry's Fancy, Clogger Quilt, The Clogger Quilt, Corry Hilly, The Glogger's Quilt, Kathleen's Fiddle, Larry Redican's, Larry Redigan's, Micho Russell's Favorite, Micho Russell's Favourite, Paddy Finlay's, Rattigan's, St Andrews, St. Andrew's, St. Andrews, The Swallow.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
An Ghaoth Anair (The West Wind) by Na Fili
At Home by Cherish The Ladies
Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Close To Home by Donald Black And Malcolm Jones
Deireadh An Fh�mhair - End Of The Harvest by Declan Masterson
Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
Fused by Michael McGoldrick
Humours Of Lissadell by Seamus And Manus McGuire
In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
Light Through The Leaves by Various Artists
Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
Melting Snow by Orla Harrington
Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
Out On The Ocean by Moher
P.J. Hernon by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Paddy And Bridget And Their Great Friends 2 by Various Artists
Piping Hot by Various Artists
Providence by Providence
Riverdance And Other Famous Irish Songs And Dances by Various Artists
Secret Orders by Claire Mann And Aaron Jones
Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
The Apple In Winter by Brian Conway And Tony DeMarco
The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
The House by Dennis Botzer
The Invasion by Jerry O'Sullivan
The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
The Natural Bridge by Ben Lennon And Friends
The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
The Rocky Road by Michael Kerry
The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
The Swallow by The Boys In The Gap
Toss The Fiddles by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Music Of Ireland On Button Accordion by Seamus Walshe
Unleashed by The Border Collies
Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Clogger's Quilt

I have added this tune as one of the tunes on the Dezi Donnelly album 'Familiar Footsteps', that has not yet been posted.
I have the 5th track (Gan Ainm) if anyone wants it sent directly to them as I don't see much point in posting it as a Gan Ainm.

# Posted on May 12th 2004 by Donough

Post it anyway. A name might appear for it sooner or later.

# Posted on May 12th 2004 by Jamie

I play this tune in G so it will sit nicely on my flute. Great tune!

# Posted on May 13th 2004 by Phantom Button

Martin Hayes calls this The Swallow, and I've seen it elsewhere under that name.

# Posted on May 13th 2004 by Miss Lonelyhearts

St. Andrew's

On an "Outlet" label compilation as "Saint Andrew's" reel, I think played by The Sean Ryan Trio. It's also in Bulmer & Sharpley Vol. 3 under this name.

# Posted on May 13th 2004 by Kenny

Aka Ballykey Courthouse?

Is this also known as the Ballyket Courthouse, usually played in G? Something like:

X:1
T: Ballyket Courthouse
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
d2 eB dBAG|EAAG (3ABA GB|d2 eB dBAG|EGGF GABc|
dgeB dBAG|EAAG (3ABA GB|d2 eB dBAG|EGGF G2 ef||
(3gag fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 ag edBd|egfa g2 ef|
(3gag fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 ag edBd|egfa gfeB||

# Posted on January 12th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts

Er, BallykeT, 'scuse the typo in the comment header.

# Posted on January 12th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts

A tribute to Michael Coleman

This tune can also be found on Joe Burke's and Andy McGann's album: a Tribute to Michael Coleman. It's great. It doesn't appear in the details due to a typo when the album was submitted.

# Posted on May 3rd 2007 by pennhorse

Another title

NYC fiddler Jackie Roche, student of James Morrison, recorded this in the late 50s on his Avoca LP Irish Violin as Rattigan's. Probably the first recording of it.

# Posted on August 23rd 2007 by Kevin Rietmann

This is the one called "Larry Redigan's" on "Music at Matt Molloy's" CD.

# Posted on August 24th 2007 by slainte

Four Men & a Dog

They play this as the last tune in the Mountain Road set. I always thought it quite similar to Tom Ward's downfall. Lovely tune. Prefer it in F than G.

# Posted on February 20th 2008 by 52Paddy

Yes, it's nice in F. In our local session, this F tune is played as a different tune from the one in G, which I posted as a separate entry here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7678.

# Posted on February 20th 2008 by Dow

Ballyket Courthouse

When Will posted this tune as a duplication in a different key he was mistaken indeed. I've always known B.C as Paddy Finlay's and definitely different to this tune, The Swallow.

# Posted on February 21st 2008 by 52Paddy

"Ballyket Courthouse" ~ other settings in F & G

Key signature: G Major & F Major
Submitted on September 4th 2007 by Dow.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7678/comments

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by ceolachan

"St. Andrews" - "Music from Ireland volume 3"

Dave Bulmer & Neil Sharpley, 1976
ISBN: 0-9503784-4-5

Page 11, tune #32: "St. Andrews" in F

See the previous link for the transcription...

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by ceolachan

"St. Andrews" ~ a rescued duplication

Key signature: F Major / G Major
Submitted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas.
~ /tunes/display/8815

This one ~ was played a lot in sessions in Durham (UK) back in the Seventies. I think it was in one of the Bulmer-Sharpley tunebooks, which were used a lot, as a "Gan Ainm" tune. At any rate, it was always played in F Major, so I've entered it here thus, just in case it's one of those odd tunes like Julia Delaney that is conventionally always played in some less usual key.

However, here are abc's in G Major:

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas

'c': ~ As the question has been posed by Dow/Mark regarding the two tunes, "Ballket Courthouse" and this one, "The Clogger's Quilt", which I consider very close despite the different keys, I'm copying the F & G version of nicholas's duplication here, where it bears a slightly closer relationship...

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by ceolachan

I was a bit slow anyway, as I prefer to usually place information in the earliest submission, which is this one...

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by ceolachan

Kathleen Collins, Larry Redican, etc.

The Kathleen in "Kathleen's Fiddle" was fiddler Kathleen Collins. At the time that the tune appeared on the "Tribute to Michael Coleman" LP in 1965, she was married to Joe Burke so as Burke, Andy McGann and Felix Dolan had no real name for the tune, they named it for Kathleen. When the recording was reissued on Green Linnet as a CD, however, that name was annulled in favor of "The Clogger's Quilt." Sean Ryan called it "The Swallow" on his LP with button accordionist Pat Lyons, "Back Home to the Cliffs of Moher" and that title was used by Martin Hayes when he recorded it. It is remembered in New York as a composition of Larry Redican, who definitely favored the key of F, but there is no documentary proof of that.

# Posted on August 20th 2009 by blarneystar