The Annual World Fiddle Day Recital which takes place each May in Scartaglin Village Co Kerry is a fun event and features players of all ages,boys and girls, women and men sitting down together for a chat and a tune.The “Setlist” each year is chosen in advance so fiddle players can learn the tunes ahead of time.
The idea is simple , to honour the Sliabh Luachra  musicians of old and the music they played and to re- introduce some tunes back into the Community.
This year’s World Fiddle Day Scartaglin Fiddle Recital ‘ Handed Down … Through the Airwaves’ will be presented by  fiddle players Aoife Nic Chormaic and her husband Steve Larkin and their son Cuan
They have selected their choices from the Archives and  it’s going to be a great occasion with the following musicians honoured 
Willie O Connell, Sonny Riordan , Paddy Cronin, Julia Clifford , Mick Culloty,Seán Abeyta, Billy Clifford , Bridgie Kelliher, Denis Murphy , Seamus Ennis .
Aoife presents the Rolling Wave RTE Radio 1 programme every Sunday night at 9 pm .
She will follow in the footsteps of Seamus Ennis, Andrias O Gallachóir , Ciarán O MacMathuna, Pat Feeley and Peter Browne who all came from Radio Eireann to record in Scartaglin . 
They can be accessed on the Handed Down Sliabh Luachra Archive on SoundCloud or through the website worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie
“ Bring your fiddle and  join in “
Bio info on the musicians on worldfiddledayscartaglin.ie

World Fiddle Day Scartaglin 2022 Fiddle Recital “SETLIST” Sat May 21

La Sourde

Set 8 The Moving Bog And The Green Cottage Polkas

Set 5 Scatter The Mud,McMahons Fav,Tonra ‘s  JIGS

Tunes slightly slowed to aid learning.
O Rourke’s,Galtee Rangers,the Woman of the House

Set 4 Reels  May  1949  Dublin

Set 3 The Munster Jig And Tell Her I Am   JIGS

This was recorded in the eighties by a visitor to Bridgie’s house , he was an American Sliabh Luachra enthusiast called Jim Marsh .  Bridgie was of course a sister of Julia and a fine fiddle player herself .

Set 2 The Star Above The Garter And The Lisheen SLIDES

Set 1 Con Thadgos,The Gullane,Mikey Buckleys   POLKAS

Un brano tradizionale contenuto nella compilation
TradAction 2013 edita da RoxRecords

www.alzamantes.com

Branle d'ecosse - ALZAMANTES

Baby

Notes from Paul De Grae

Set7. Reels: What Brought You in There? and Jimmy Batty's
 

These are two of John Carty's own compositions. The first one can be found on the 2008 At the Racket album, "It's Not Racket Science", and the second one is on John's 1994 album with Brian McGrath, "The Cat that Ate the Candle".

 

What brought you in there?

D- E || FEDB, A,B,DE | F- ED FAAE | FEDB, A,B,DE | F- EG FB,B,E |

FB,B,D A,B,DE | F- ED FAAE | FEDB, A,B,DE | F- EG FDDC ||

D'-- C B- D'B | A- FE FB B- | D'BAC BAFD | A,B,DE FDDC |

D'- E'D' B- D'B | A- FE FBBC | D'BAC B- B'F' | A'F'E'G' F'D' D- ||

 

Jimmy Batty's

D'AAB A- FE | DFAB A- FA | BEEA BD'E'F' | G'E'F'G' E'D'BC |

D'AAB A- FE | DFAB A- FA | BEEA BCD' E'G' | F'D'E'C D'E'F'E' || (1st)

                                                                     | F'D'E'C D'- C || (2nd)

D'AAB AGFG | A- A'E' F'A'E'D' | BE'E'F' E'-- F' | G'E'F'D' E'D'BC|

D'AAB AGFG | A- A'G' F'G'E'C | D'F'E'D' BAFB | AFAB D'- E' || (1st)

                                                                        | AFAB D'-- || (2nd)

Set 7 - Reels

Notes from Paul De Grae
Jigs - The Pilgrimage and The Mountcollins Jig
John Carty got these tunes in New York from fiddler and Shanachie co-founder, the late Dan Collins, whose mother Bridget came from Mountcollins, County Limerick; his father Bill came from Meelin, County Cork. As further evidence of Dan's connection to the south-west of Ireland, in 1961 when he brought out a paperback reprint of the then-hard-to-find "O'Neill's Music of Ireland", it was under the imprint of Rock Chapel Press. All the family were musical; Dan's sister Kathleen was an outstanding fiddler, whose solo album is a gem.
The first tune has various titles. The Pilgrimage is what James Morrison called it in manuscripts for his pupils, and he seems to be the source of the tune. One of those pupils was Jackie Roche, who recorded it as Morrison's Favourite on his 1958 Avoca LP, "The Kerry Dances", so it's known as Jackie Roche's Favourite as well. Paddy Cronin learned it from that LP, and played it often, so of course it's also known as Paddy Cronin's. Some people call it Dan Collins's or Dave Collins's (after his brother). I'm told it's in Josephine Keegan's collection, "A Drop in the Ocean", as Gone to the Dogs. Take your pick! It's arguably a cousin of The Rollicking Boys of Tandragee.

The second tune was composed by the late Eamonn Flynn, of Mountcollins, who spent many years in Boston and Vermont before returning to his native territory. Twenty-one of his compositions, including this one, can be found in Dan Herlihy's book, "Sliabh Luachra Music Masters: Volume 2", along with a great photo of Eamonn with Paddy Cronin, both wearing tuxedos, in an early 1960s ceili band.

 

The Pilgrimage

(C = C natural. C# = C sharp)

ABA DED | A- B C- A | GAG GEF | GAG EFG |

ABA DED | A- B C- A | GFG BAG | AFD D- B || (1st time)

                                                   | AFD D- E' || (2nd time)

F'- F' G'E'D | C#AG EFG | F'- F' G'E'D' | E'- A' E'F'G' |

F'- F' G'E'D | C#AG EFG | A- A BAG | AFD D-- || (x 2)

 

The Mountcollins Jig

F-- DFA | BAF AD'E' | F'E'D' BAF | B-- BAG |

F-- D- A | BAF A- G' | F'E'D' BAF | E-- EDE ||

F- A D- A | BAF AD'E' |F'E'D' BAF | B-- D-- |

F'G'A'F' E'F'E' | D'E'D' CBA | BAF EFA | B-- B- G' ||

F'-- D'- F' | A'F'D' E'D'E' | F'- E' D'E'F' | G'-- G'F'E' |

F'-- D'F'A' | B'A'F' G'F'E' | F'D'A DFA | B-- B- G' ||

F'-- D'- F' | A'F'D' E'D'E' | F'- E' D'E'F' | G'-- G'F'G' |

A'G'F' G'F'E' | F'E'D' E'D'C| BAF EFA | B- A D'- A ||

Set 6 - Jigs

Notes from Paul De Grae
 5. Reels: Paddy Cronin's 
This is a real treat: two reels that John Carty learned from the playing of Paddy Cronin, quite possibly composed by Paddy. They don't appear on any of Paddy's commercial recordings, and I can't find them in print in any of the O'Neill or Breathnach collections, nor in any of a dozen or so other books (the opening phrase of No. 2 has a slight resemblance to "Mullingar Races", but that's all). We hope to have more information before World Fiddle Day.

 

No. 1

F- EF D- DE | FED EF DB, B,- | A,B,DE F- BC | D'E'CD' B- AG |

F- EF D- DE | FED EF DB, B,- | A,B,DE FABA | F- EG FDDE ||  (1st time)

                                                                    | F- EG FDDC || (2nd time)

D'- E'C D'B B- | FBD'B FABC | D'- E'C D'BBA | FACE' D'BBC |

D'E'F'D' CD'E'C | D'CBA FB, B,- | A,B,DE FABA | F- EG FDDC || (1st)

                                                                        | F- EG FD D- ||  (2nd)

 

No. 2

DEFD EB, B,- | DEFA BCD'E' | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE DB, B,- |

D- FD EB, B,- | DEFA BCD'E' | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE D--- ||  (1st time)

                                                                   | EDFE D- AC ||  (2nd time)

D'CD'E' F'- D'F' | E'D'F'D' E'B B- | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE DB,B,A |

D'CD'E' F'- D'F' | E'D'F'D' E'B B- | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE D- AC ||

D'CD'E' F'- D'F' | E'D'F'D' E'B B- | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE DB, B,- |

DEFD EB, B,- | DEFA BCD'E' | D'BAF D'F F- | EDFE D--- ||

Set 5 - Reels

Notes from Paul De Grae
3. Polkas: Francie Campbell's and Out of the Ashes
Two polkas from County Mayo, for a change. This is a set from John Carty's live album with Matt Molloy and Arty McGlynn, "Out of the Ashes". According to the liner notes, they got that title from "a saying of the great Johnny Watt Henry who was a night owl who liked to keep musicians late into the night. If they made an attempt to leave he would delay them by declaring: 'What hurry is on ye lads? Hold on and I'll rake up the gríosach here and see if I can't pull another 'quare' tune out of the ashes for ye...to be bringing home with ye.'"

 

In the Irish context, polkas are often equated with Kerry music (which must irritate people from Cork and Limerick who are also citizens of Sliabh Luachra), but they are to be found here and there all over the country, with local differences in rhythm and in the associated dances. It's like the Kerry Cattle, a hardy breed that did not originate in Kerry but was once common throughout the west and south-west of Ireland; as farming practices changed, other breeds ousted these handsome black animals, until only a few remained in poor, remote parts of Kerry (it's now a recognised "Rare Breed", and a herd is maintained in the state-owned land at Farmleigh). Similarly, as tastes in music and dancing changed, polkas and set-dancing largely fell out of favour in other parts of Ireland, or were never very popular in the first place; but they remained strong (if officially ignored) in Sliabh Luachra… all of which is a roundabout way of saying there's nothing surprising in having polkas from Mayo.

 

About the ABCs: it's important to indicate the long and short notes in these tunes. Single letters separated by a space are quavers (1/8 notes); a single letter with a short dash after it is a dotted quaver; a single letter with a double dash after it is a crotchet (1/4 note); and single letters without spaces between are semiquavers (1/16 notes). If in doubt, listen to the recording (listen to the recording anyway!).

 

Francie Campbell's

B D' A- B | G E  E D | E G  GAGE | D G  A-- |

B--  A- B | G E  E D | E G  GAGE | D G  G- A ||  (x 2)

B D'  G'- F' | E' D'  G'- D' | B D'  E'F'G'E' | D' B  A-- |

B D'  G' G'F' | E' D'  G'- E'| D' B  A GA | B G  G-- ||  (x 2)

 

Out of the Ashes

E | D G  G A | B D'  G' F' | E' G'E'  D' B | A G  EFGE |

D G  G A | B D'  D' B | E'--  D'- B | A G  G-- ||  (x 2)

B D'  B D' | G'- G'  E' G' | D'--  B AG | E A  A C |

B D'  B- D' | G' F'  E'F'G'E' | D' A  B A | G--  G-- ||  (x 2)

Set 3 - Polkas

One of my fave trad folk songs. So cool! Recorded in one take with my good friend Chris Hales on lead guitar. I added some percussion and banjo later to fill out the sound a bit.

ROLL ON BABE

Les Ormeaux (T. Simonnin)

Tabouret - Bargainatt

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Set 8 The Moving Bog And The Green Cottage Polkas

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