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St Brigid’s Day 1

Name

St Brigid’s Day 1 (Reel)

About

Tune recorded in 1987. Tune composed by John Kelly Senior.

Details: St. Bridget’s Well, Moher, County Clare. Date: October 1955. 

Credit: The Photographic Collection, F025.19.00009. © National Folklore Collection, UCD. Link.

Audio

John Kelly Junior (JKJ): “Say it there. Say recorded St Brigids Day by the man who composed it.”

John Kelly Senior (JKS): “Called St Brigids Day by the man that composed it.”

JKJ: “And played by the man that composed it.”

JKS: “And played by the man that composed it. J O Kelly”

JKJ: “On St Brigids Day”

JKS: “On St Brigids Day 1987. And lots of room for improvement in it.”

Credit: Home recording done in 1987 by John Kelly Junior in Lahinch, County Clare. John Kelly Senior playing his own composition, St Brigids Day. 

Notation

Notated from above recording.

Reels

St Brigid’s Day 1