Mulvihill's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 28th 2009 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• Crossing by Any Old Time
• Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
• Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• On The Fly by Patrick Street
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
• Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
• Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
• The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Open Road by Steph Geremia
• Upon My Soul by James Carty

X: 1
T: Mulvihill's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GABc defd | g2 dc BG (3GGG | FGAB cedc | (3Bcd BG FD (3DDD |
GABc defd | g2 dc BG (3GGG | FGAB (3cBA FA |1 DGGF G3 D :|2 DGGF GABc ||
d2 de dcBc | de (3fga gedB | cA (3AAA A2 dB | cA (3AAA cAFA |
dB (3BBB dcBc | de (3fga gedc | (3Bcd gd cAGF |1 DGGF GABc :|2 DGGF G4 ||

Mulvihill's - possibly Charlie

Some years back BBC Scotland took Dick Gaughan over to the west coast of Ireland to see if they could track down any of his ancestors, and made a TV programme about it. He ended up in Collooney, I think, in Sligo, in the company of the great Joe Dowd, and played this tune as a solo in a session. I had heard him play it live,but have never heard it anywhere else. It's one of those slightly ambiguous tunes which could be either a reel or hornpipe. I think the Mulvihill in question was Charlie, but couldn't swear to that. Anyone else know the tune, I'd love more information.

# Posted on September 28th 2009 by Kenny

It appears here http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3295 and in Lesl Harker's book "Second Wind: 300 More Tunes from Mike Rafferty" as The Bath Road hornpipe. There is no background given in either place. I'll have a look around online using that title.

# Posted on September 29th 2009 by GaryAMartin

From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/BARN_BB.htm#BATH_ROAD_HORNPIPE
it's also called Brendan's Fancy (notated by Brendan Mulvihill) and the Concertina Hornpipe (recorded by Randal Bays), and it appears in O'Neill's 1850.

Now I remember where I know it from - Edel Fox taught it at Catskill Irish Arts Week in 2008. It also appears in Martin Mulvihill's manuscript tunebook.

# Posted on September 29th 2009 by GaryAMartin

A tune by the same title but completely different in form also appears in Phil Rubenzer's book of session tune from the Milwaukee Irishfest.

# Posted on October 28th 2009 by sfarrell

Brehndan, not Charlie...

This tune appears as "The Concertina" hornpipe on Brendan Mulvihill's "Flax In Bloom" recording, so perhaps Gaughan was referring to Brendan rather than Charlie, as I'd thought.

# Posted on January 15th 2012 by Kenny