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O'Connor Donn's

Also known as: Connor Dunn's, O'Connor Dunn's

Type: reel

Meter: 4/4

Mode: Gmajor

ABC: |:B2 AG dGBA|GABG A2 AG|FADF Adag|fdcA GFGA| B2 AG dGBA|GABG A2 AG|FADF Adag|fdcA G4:| |:faaf dafa|afdf af d2|faaf dffd|egfa g2 ag| fada fada|faaf af d2|faab c'bag|fgaf g4:|

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Dermot McLaughlin Collection. Reel-to-Reel 18 [sound recording] / James Byrne ; John Doherty

Added February 4, 2022 at 5:58 PM
00:00:50 - 00:01:39 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:02:17 - 00:04:25 | [Lough Isle Castle, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:04:29 - 00:05:30 | [Miss Crawford's strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:06:17 - 00:07:11 | [The 21 highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:08:35 - 00:10:11 | [Rí Mhín na Saileach = The king of Meenasillagh, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:10:58 - 00:12:16 | [Paddy Hiúdaí's, slip jig] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:13:40 - 00:17:09 | [The girls of Ardara, highland] ; Unititled, [highland] [version of In the town of Ballybay, song] ; Untitled, [highland] [version of Miss Drummond of Perth, strathspey] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:18:03 - 00:19:57 | [McConnell's, barndance] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:21:15 - 00:24:08 | [Francie [Dearg] O'Byrne's, reel] ; [The pigeon on the gate, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:24:54 - 00:27:46 | [The hurricane] (comp. James Scott Skinner), reel / [The Shetland fiddler, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:29:46 - 00:31:37 | The maids of Mullagh, reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:32:51 - 00:34:47 | [Molloy's favourite, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:34:51 - 00:37:02 | [The spinning wheel] = [The flood on the holm] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:37:08 - 00:39:47 | [McCahill's no. 1, reel] ; [McCahill's no. 2, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:41:27 - 00:41:36 | [The harvest home, hornpipe] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:41:37 - 00:43:48 | [Casey's pig, highland] ; [The ewe with the crooked horn, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:44:04 - 00:45:44 | [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 1 = Seaweed from the yellow cliff's, highland] ; [Dúlamán na binne buí no. 2, highland] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:46:31 - 00:47:50 | Untitled, [highland] ; [The devil in the kitchen, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:48:57 - 00:50:53 | [An Mullach Garbh = The rugged height, highland] / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 00:51:05 - 00:52:59 | [Muineál a' bhardail = The drake's neck, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 00:54:18 - 00:56:48 | [Jimmy McNelis', highland] ; Untitled, [reel] (version of Jimmy McNelis', highland) ; Untitled, [reel] (Danny Meehan version) / James Byrne, fiddle 00:59:35 - 01:00:05 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] [tune fragment] / James Byrne, fiddle 01:00:08 - 01:02:13 | [O'Connor Donn, reel] / James Byrne, fiddle 01:02:50 - 01:04:36 | [The highlandman who kissed his granny, reel] ; [The sportin' belles, reel] / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:05:09 - 01:07:42 | [Splendid isolation] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel ; [McGlinchey's] (comp. Brendan McGlinchey), reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:07:43 - 01:12:30 | Brendan McGlinchey, speech ; Peter Murphy, speech ; Family of musicians in Dunfanaghy, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English 01:12:31 - 01:14:42 | [The blacksmith's fancy], reel / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle 01:18:23 - 01:18:58 | Untitled, [reel] [version of The turnpike gate, reel] ; [Biddy of Barnes, reel] ; [The bungalow] [comp. James Scott Skinner], reel / Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle ; James Byrne, fiddle 01:18:60 - 01:14:42 | James gives Dermot directions to Con Cassidy's house, speech / James Byrne, speech in English ; Dermot McLaughlin, speech in English 01:21:38 - 01:24:31 | The Irish washerwoman, jig / James Byrne, fiddle ; Dermot McLaughlin, fiddle The following item appears to have been recorded at a formal event such as a concert or in a hall. 01:25:43 - 01:27:57 | [The primrose lass, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 1, reel] ; [John Stenson's no. 2, reel] / Unidentified, flute The following material is dubbed from a recording made by Caoimhín Mac Aoidh on 14 January 1977: 01:34:58 - 02:02:35 | An enchanted fiddle bought by John's father in a pawn shop, speech ; Anthony Helforty, speech ; John Mhosaí McGinley and his composition of the tune 'The Atlantic roar', speech ; What makes a good fiddle?, speech ; A Glenfin fiddle player who was given the gift of music from the fairies, speech ;John's father, Mickey and how good a fiddle player he was, speech ; 'Doyle' the dark fiddler of Fanad, speech ; The black mare of Fanad, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:03:19 - 02:04:18 | The pet in the kitchen, [jig] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:04:46 - 02:06:12 | The black Fanad mare, [reel] = [The nine points of rougery, reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:06:51 - 02:08:08 | The Loughside hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 02:08:26 - 02:10:15 | The high level, [hornpipe] ; Madam Vanoni, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:10:30 - 02:12:29 | Music of the area, speech ; The area in Donegal where John travels, speech ; Social history about farm labourers, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:12:50 - 02:15:36 | The blackbird, air ; The blackbird, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 02:15:59 - 02:16:58 | The piper in the cave, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:17:28 - 02:18:46 | Welcome home Gráinne, [march] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:19:25 - 02:20:24 | My love is in America, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:20:33 - 02:21:34 | The return to Miltown, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:22:28 - 02:23:28 | The last house in Connacht] [comp. Paddy O'Brien], reel / John Doherty, fiddle 02:23:43 - 02:24:19 | Mickey Browne's reel (version of The gravel walks to Granny) / John Doherty, fiddle 02:24:24 - 02:32:34 | Fiddler able to charm an animal or beast, speech ; Paganini mesmerising a bull to collect £1,000 inside the castle door, speech ; Dónal, a Glenfin man who found a book written in ogham script prophesying the end of the world, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:32:40 - 02:33:37 | Kitty's rambles, jig / John Doherty, fiddle 02:34:06 - 02:36:28 | A dream that John had where a young woman appeared and taught him a piece of music, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:36:47 - 02:38:07 | John Doherty's dream, slow air / John Doherty, fiddle 02:39:57 - 02:41:51 | Untitled (comp. James Scott Skinner), march / John Doherty, fiddle 02:42:27 - 02:46:07 | The fiddler Anthony Helforty and the tune 'The four posts of the bed', speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:46:13 - 02:47:30 | The four posts of the bed, reel / John Doherty, fiddle 02:47:42 - 02:49:33 | The postman's knock, [hornpipe] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:49:40 - 02:51:13 | Kitty's fancy, mazurka / John Doherty, fiddle 02:51:32 - 02:52:32 | The rising of the sun, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:52:43 - 02:54:40 | Who was the best fiddle player in the world?, speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:55:00 - 02:56:08 | The pinch of snuff, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:56:13 - 02:57:22 | The scholar, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 02:57:45 - 02:59:41 | Background to the tune 'Paddy's rambles through the park', speech / John Doherty, speech in English 02:59:42 - 03:01:51 | Paddy's rambles through the park, air / John Doherty, fiddle 03:02:09 - 03:03:31 | The cuckoo's nest, hornpipe / John Doherty, fiddle 03:03:38 - 03:04:43 | The wild Irishman, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 03:05:01 - 03:06:32 | The flood on the holm, [reel] / John Doherty, fiddle 03:06:43 - 03:07:51 | Doherty's reel = [The Gweebarra bridge reel] / John Doherty, fiddle
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