Annotation:Mullacrew Reel (The)

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X:1 T:Mullacrew Reel, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection (c. 1909, Oriel B:region, south Ulster) K:Ador ed|cA A/A/A eAAc|BGdB ecdB|cA A/A/A eAAc|(3Bcd GB cAAd| cA A/A/A eAAc|BGdB ecdB|cA A/A/A eAAc|(3Bcd GB cAAg|| eaab a2 ge|dBGA BGGB|eaab a2 gf|(3efg de cAAg| eaab a2 ge|fdge dBGB|cBcB cdef|gedB cA A2||

MULLACREW REEL, THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "The Mullacrew Reel" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster^[1]The title also was included in the tune list of piper Philip Goodman (c. 1831-1908), Carrickmacross, Ireland, who is variously described as "the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth", and also recorded as having been from Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan (all of which are places from the same area, and contiguous to Donnellan's Oriel region). Goodman brought his list to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 150, p. 83.

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↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

[1] Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

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