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The star of Donegal : more fiddle talk and tunes / John Doherty

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: FSA 075 | Folktracks [Folktrax]Publication details: Folktracks [Folktrax], 1975.Description: 1 audiocassette : analog
Contents:
Side 1: 1. Hornpipes: (a) The Star, (b) The Japanese, (c) The Low Level, (d) The Stepping Stones, 4'39" -- 2. Reels: (a) New Lough Isle Castle, (b) Marry When You're Young, (c) Lord Gordon's, 5'05" -- 3. More Reels: (a) O Halloran's, (b) The Yellow Heifer, (c) Miss Cunningham's [talk before], 3'43" -- 4. Jigs: (a) The Heart of My Kitty, (b) The King of the Pipers (title bef), 2'14" -- 5. (a) Slip Jig: Coillte Fhanada (The Woods of Fanaid) [talk before], (b) March: The Knackers of Navan, 2'28" -- 6. Slow Airs: (a) The Dear Irish Boy, (b) Maidin Fhoghmhair (The Harvest Morning), 2'59" -- 7. (a) Napoleon Grand March, (b) Boney Crossing the Alps, 4'22" -- 8. (a) Haste To the Wedding, (b) Ta Mo Mhargadh Dheanta (The Bargain is made), (c) Welcome Home [talk before each], 2'34" -- Side 2: 1. Bonnie Kate [reel], 1'09" -- 2. Talk about his father, his first tune & his family, (b) The Salamanca Reel, 5'40" -- 3. Further talk about his family music, 1'55" -- 4. Talk about meeting with John McGinley: The First of May [reel], 4'55" -- 5. Talk about being a pedlar, 1'15" -- 6. (a) The Boys of the Lough, (b) The Cat That Kittled On Jamie's Wig [reels] & (c) talk about technique, 4'20" -- 7. (a) Whistle O'er the Lave O't, (b) Dulaman Ne Beinne Buidhe (Highland) [talk before] (c) An Tseanbhean Bhocht (The Shan Van Vocht), [talk before](d) The Braes of Mars, (e) Polka Mazurka, (f) Kitty's Fancy [talk before], 7'46" -- 8. McSweeney'S Lament [talk before], 2'50".

Cassette.

Musical instruments: Fiddle.

Side 1: 1. Hornpipes: (a) The Star, (b) The Japanese, (c) The Low Level, (d) The Stepping Stones, 4'39" -- 2. Reels: (a) New Lough Isle Castle, (b) Marry When You're Young, (c) Lord Gordon's, 5'05" -- 3. More Reels: (a) O Halloran's, (b) The Yellow Heifer, (c) Miss Cunningham's [talk before], 3'43" -- 4. Jigs: (a) The Heart of My Kitty, (b) The King of the Pipers (title bef), 2'14" -- 5. (a) Slip Jig: Coillte Fhanada (The Woods of Fanaid) [talk before], (b) March: The Knackers of Navan, 2'28" -- 6. Slow Airs: (a) The Dear Irish Boy, (b) Maidin Fhoghmhair (The Harvest Morning), 2'59" -- 7. (a) Napoleon Grand March, (b) Boney Crossing the Alps, 4'22" -- 8. (a) Haste To the Wedding, (b) Ta Mo Mhargadh Dheanta (The Bargain is made), (c) Welcome Home [talk before each], 2'34" -- Side 2: 1. Bonnie Kate [reel], 1'09" -- 2. Talk about his father, his first tune & his family, (b) The Salamanca Reel, 5'40" -- 3. Further talk about his family music, 1'55" -- 4. Talk about meeting with John McGinley: The First of May [reel], 4'55" -- 5. Talk about being a pedlar, 1'15" -- 6. (a) The Boys of the Lough, (b) The Cat That Kittled On Jamie's Wig [reels] & (c) talk about technique, 4'20" -- 7. (a) Whistle O'er the Lave O't, (b) Dulaman Ne Beinne Buidhe (Highland) [talk before] (c) An Tseanbhean Bhocht (The Shan Van Vocht), [talk before](d) The Braes of Mars, (e) Polka Mazurka, (f) Kitty's Fancy [talk before], 7'46" -- 8. McSweeney'S Lament [talk before], 2'50".

Recorded by Peter Kennedy in Donegal in 1953. Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax Cassettes 1975.

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