One of the delights of the world of Irish Traditional Music is the opportunity to meet great people. So it was for me in 1972 that I met the tremendously talented Longford fiddle player Marie Reilly.

She manages to select beautiful tunes, often in an unusual and interesting setting, and bring them to life with her style of fiddle playing. Marie’s last CD was a delight and I am sure this CD will be its equal.

Vincent Jordan, Uachtarán Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

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Marie Reilly presents here some of the rarest and most delightful tunes of South Leitrim and Longford as written down by her ancestors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The imprints of these men and women among them Thomas Kiernan, Stephen Grier, the Reilly family, Alex Sutherland, and many more can be felt throughout the recording. Tunes such as ‘Greg’s Pipes’ and ‘The London Lasses’, played in the scordatura fiddle tuning EAEA, embody a fiddle style that has been preserved over many generations and is gracefully exemplified by Marie in this recording. The ‘slur-and-cut’ bowing style taught to Marie by her father, Michael, is an attribute of the South Leitrim/Longford style and creates a flowing tempo that jumps out at the listener.

Tracklist

1. ▶ ■ Baltighoran & Mother Goose – Slip Jigs
2. ▶ ■ The Vermont & The Friendly Visit – Hornpipes
3. ▶ ■ Jackson’s Heigh-Ho & The White Star – Reels
4. ▶ ■ The Conmhaicne – March
5. ▶ ■ The Low Level & Flood’s – Hornpipe
6. ▶ ■ Greg’s Pipes & The London Lasses – Reels
7. ▶ ■ The Leitrim Clog Dance & Gan Ainm – Hornpipes
8. ▶ ■ Durang’s & The Banks of Lough Gowna – Jigs
9. ▶ ■ The Silver Bells & The Strathbrook – Schottisches
10. ▶ ■ Quadrille & Murray’s Dream – Jigs
11. ▶ ■ The Cedars of Lebanon & Michael Reilly’s
12. ▶ ■ The Stafford Dance & McCoy’s Measure – Scots Measures
13. ▶ ■ The May Day – Schottisches
14. ▶ ■ Doctor Gilbert’s & My Love is Fair and Handsome – Reels
15. ▶ ■ Miss Stafford’s Fancy & Miss Eleanor Butler’s – Reels
16. ▶ ■ The Gold Ring – Jig
17. ▶ ■ Andy McGann’s – Hornpipe
18. ▶ ■ Master Fitzpatrick’s – Reel

Production

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gabriel Donohue at
COVE ISLAND PRODUCTIONS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

All tracks arranged by Marie Reilly and Gabriel Donohue

Gabriel Donohue – Guitar, Bouzouki, Banjo, Keyboards, Bodhrán, Darbuka, Piano (except track 5)

Krista Charles – Piano (track 5)

Graphic Design – Noel Strange, Co. Longford

SleeveNotes – Conor Ward, Co. Leitrim

Photography – James Higgins, Higgins Photography, New York

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