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O'Reilly's Greyhound Reels

from Last Night's Joy by Gerry O'Connor , Fiddle

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Big John's, The Mountain Lark, O’Reilly’s Greyhound

John McManus (1928-2013) from Aughakillymaude, Co. Fermanagh, or Big John as he was affectionately known, had a vast body of local tunes passed down through his family. Many of his tunes are included in the Hidden Fermanagh publication of 2004.
The Mountain Lark can be found in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland and is very similar to Bouncing Kate, a reel from The Rose in the Gap, Dance Music of Oriel from the Donnellan Collection.
The popular O'Reilly's Greyhound is also known as The Strokestown Reel in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland and as Murphy's Greyhound in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, Vol. II.

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from Last Night's Joy, track released October 17, 2018
Gerry O'Connor ; Fiddle
Dónal O'Connor ; Piano
Niall Hanna: Guitar

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Gerry O'Connor Dundalk, Ireland

A product of 4 generations of fiddle players, Gerry's recordings, focus on local music. He is a founder member of Lá Lugh, Skylark and Oirialla, recording 14 CDs. His first solo album "Journeyman" was hailed as one of the significant albums of Irish fiddle music. Gerry is a member of the legends of The Irish Rovers and recently published a collection of local dance music "The Rose in the Gap" ... more

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