Mulvihill's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 28th 2009 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Lynn Saoirse
• 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 Lynn Saoirse
• Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Lynn Saoirse
• 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 Lynn Saoirse
• 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