Larry McDonagh's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 20th 2007 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.

Also known as Larry MacDonagh's, Maggie On The Shore.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Ar An Bhfidil by Oisin MacDiarmada
• Music At Matt Molloy's by Matt Molloy
• Pride Of The West by John Wynne And John McEvoy
• Return To Droim by Colm Gannon
• The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
• The Missing Reel by Seamus McGuire And John Lee

X: 1
T: Larry McDonagh's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G3A B2BA|~B3G AGEF|~G3A B2BA|GABG AGEF|
~G3B dBBA|~B3G AGEF|~G3A BcdB|GABG (3ABA G2||
~g3f edgd|edgd BABd|~g3f (3efg fa|gedB c2BA|
~g3f edgd|edgd BABd|gfgf ed^cd|efaf gedB||

Larry McDonagh's (reel)

Learnt from the box and fiddle duet playing of young American-born musicians, Colm Gannon and Jesse Smith. Obviously Larry McDonagh of Ballinafad, Sligo, is the source of this tune, and they probably picked it up from the McDonagh brothers' recording: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/1976

Not sure if this is a composition of Larry McDonagh. Also on John Wynne and John McEvoy's recent recoding?

# Posted on June 20th 2007 by slainte

sounds like The New Policeman

http://thesession.org/tunes/display/1881

# Posted on June 20th 2007 by bathfiddler

Yeah, I heard that one (aka. the Tinker's Stick) played by Oisin MacDiarmada on the Comhaltas Live, and first thought it's a version of this one.

# Posted on June 20th 2007 by slainte

This reel really grows on me. Never heard it played on the flute, but sounds great on the instrument. It goes well with another single reel from N. Connaught, "The Boy on the Hilltop": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1197

# Posted on July 7th 2007 by slainte

Aka. Maggie on the Shore

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6136

Hope my transcription will survive on this site.

# Posted on September 8th 2007 by slainte