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Fred Finn's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 21st 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 202 tunebooks.

Also known as Berkshire Heights, Live From Matt Molloy's Pub, Peadar O'Loughlin's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
A Stone's Throw by Michael Cooney
A Thousand Farewells by Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule
Andy Irvine/Paul Brady by Andy Irvine And Paul Brady
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
At The Racket by At The Racket
Best Of Irish Ceili Music by Various Artists
Beyond Words by Niall Vallely
Erne by Jim McGrath, Cathal Hayden, Gerry O'Donnell, Tommy O'Sullivan
Farewell New England's Shores by Skip Healy
Flowers Of The Burren by Barefield Ceili Band
Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
In Tandem by Kevin Burke And Ged Foley
Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
Isn't Anyone Going To Stop Them? by The Magic Square
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
Memories Of Sligo by Tommy Healy And Johnny Duffy
Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
Natural Progression by Sam Proctor
Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
Playing With Fire by Dervish
Raise The Rafters by Molly's Revenge
Round The House: Music For The Sets Volume 1 by Various Artists
Sheridan's Guesthouse by Dave Sheridan
Summer At My Feet by North Cregg
Sweet Nyaa by Moving Cloud
The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
The Corner House by The Irish Tradition
The Curlew by Cliff Moses
The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
The Mountain Road by Various Artists
The Mouse Behind The Dresser by Shaskeen
The Music Makers: Celebrating 35 Years Of Comhaltas In Leeds by Leeds CCE
The Wide World Over by The Chieftains
Through The Round Window by Eamonn Coyne
Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow by Tony O'Connell And Andy Morrow
Traditional Irish Flute Music by Fintan Vallely
Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
Under The Diamond by Liz And Yvonne Kane
Water From The Well by The Chieftains
Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 1 by Various Artists

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Fred Finn's Reel

I just heard this for the first time at a session yesterday, and really liked it. Lo and behold, here it is. This is one of those quirky little coincidences that help make life so very entertaining. Thank you--what a lovely christmas surprise! Cassie

# Posted on December 24th 2001 by woman of the house

This is the first tune in a set of three in Live From Matt Molloy's Pub.

# Posted on April 28th 2003 by tufbo

It is followed by Castle Kelly and another, The Pretty Girl or The Dark Haired Girl or some such thing. I like the set though i normally play Castle Kelly with something lighter, like the Bucks of Oranmore.

# Posted on January 25th 2004 by Paddy

A great reel which must have come from Sligo fiddler Fred Finn who was part of the legendary duo along with flute player, Peter Horan. However, we usually play Castle Kelly after the Chicago reel and follow it with the Humours of Ballyconnell which is how Clare's Tulla C�il� have played them in the past.

# Posted on January 26th 2004 by Bannerman

In her collection, "A Drop In The Ocean", which I'm currently converting from notes to abc, Josephine Keegan has this tune as "Peadar O'Loughlin's" and her setting is as follows:

X:1
T:Peadar O'Loughlin's
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
|:(3ABA FB ABde|fgec d2cd|BE (3EFE GFGB|AF (3FGF DFBF|
(3ABA FB ABde|fgec d2cd|BA^GB ABde|faeg fdd2:||
|:fdad bdaf|dfaf fede|fbbf b3a|fbba feeg|
fd (3ded bdfe|dfaf fedB|BA^GB ABde|faeg fdd2:||

# Posted on August 20th 2005 by Aidan Crossey

Fred Finn's

The next tune in the set "Live from Matt Malloy's Pub", preceded by Fred Finn's and Castle Kelly, is the Red-haired lass, if my memory serves me correctly.

# Posted on August 27th 2005 by mcqhsceili

Fred Finn's

I wonder how the fellow fluters play the second part of this fairly common reel. I'm such an awful beginner and can't play it right.

# Posted on June 30th 2006 by slainte

Fred Finn

Biography by Oisín McDiarmada: http://homepage.eircom.net/~fredfinn/Home.html
Portrait by J.B. Valley: http://www.charlesgilmore.com/searchdetails.asp?SearchString=vallely&Offset=7

# Posted on August 8th 2006 by slainte

The Fred Finn Branch Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann ~ County Sligo

Slainte's links:

The Fred Finn Branch of Comhaltás Ceoltóirí Éireann
Music classes: Ballintogher / Maugheraboy, County Sligo

"Our Branch was founded on Friday March 20th 1987 and
was named in memory of Fred Finn, the renowned fiddle player from Killavil, who died a few months previously.

Fred Finn (1919-1986) remains arguably the most significant Sligo fiddle-player to have emerged from the post-Coleman era.

Born and raised in Killavil, an area renowned as the birthplace of Michael Coleman, Fred Finn spent most of his life in his native Sligo, during which he contributed enormously to the rich musical tradition of the surrounding locality. Fred’s father, Michael, a fiddle-playing contemporary of Coleman, was undoubtedly an early musical influence, though Fred played frequently with other notable local fiddlers such as Martin Wynne, Dick and John Brennan at the music-gatherings which were then commonplace in rural Ireland.

The late 1950s and early 1960s, in line with the proliferation of the ceili band, saw Fred Finn play for a period of time with the Glenview Ceili Band. Later, in 1972, along with the members of the Coleman Country Ceili Band ~ "

A drawing of Fred Finn by Tom O'Rourke
http://homepage.eircom.net/~fredfinn/Images/Image1.htm

"Fred Finn, Fiddler" ~ a portrait, oil on canvas, by J B Vallely

# Posted on August 8th 2006 by ceolachan

fred finns reel

is it known by any other names ? thanks

# Posted on May 30th 2007 by molloy

Re: finny findings...

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/452

and i suppose you could google it too

# Posted on May 30th 2007 by biggus dave

Re: fred finns reel

Maggie's Morning Nap, according to the Paddy O'Brien tune collection.

# Posted on May 30th 2007 by wbajzek

Eh?

Which Paddy O'Brien? ~ What collection?

It's not here ~
"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien"

It's not here ~
http://www.ceolas.org/pub/tunes/tunes.pdf/POB.pdf

???

# Posted on May 31st 2007 by ceolachan

Maggie's Morning Nap

Paddy with a pulse.

http://www.chulrua.com/tunehome.html

# Posted on May 31st 2007 by wbajzek

"Both Brendan Breathnach and Bernard Flaherty (Trip to Sligo) maintain in their respective publications that the original name for this tune was "Berkshire Heights."" -- Fiddler's Companion.

# Posted on May 31st 2007 by Dow

"Berkshire Heights"

Yes, I've seen it listed that way several times too...

# Posted on June 6th 2007 by ceolachan

"Maggie's Morning Nap" ~ named out of desperation or invention?

Ah wbajzek, that Paddy O'Brien and that "Tune Collection" ~ "For only $150, plus shipping and handling" ~ "ten CDs in a handy leather wallet, and a fully indexed 124-page booklet with stories and background information on every tune." Obviously, with over 3000 tunes in his head he has forgotten to do the background checks on some of them... I say this with sympathy if disappointment in the renaming... He would not be alone in either case... :-/

# Posted on June 6th 2007 by ceolachan