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Turn of the Season

06-04_Turn_of_the_Season-Hornpipe.pdf
I have had the great pleasure of living in New England for many years, first in Massachusetts, and now in Maine. When I reflect on the beauty of the region, I picture its snow, its mountains, rivers, and lakes. I think of springtime when everything…

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Turlough

06-27_Turlough-Air.pdf
Rodney Miller once again demonstrates that he is not only a fiddle player of extraordinary talent, but also a fine crafter of tunes. Here he plays his composition 'Turlough'.

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Tureencahill Polka

08-16_Tureencahill_Polka.pdf
Another track from fiddle player Máire O'Keeffe. Her title for this tune refers to an area near Rathmore, County Kerry, famous for its music. Máire learned this polka from Sonny Riordan.

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Tulla Lodge

09-26_Tulla_Lodge-Reel.pdf
Martin Hayes, the great fiddle player from East Clare, gives us this beautiful rendition of a tune I have given the title 'Tulla Lodge'. This tune was given to me by Larry Gavin.

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Trip to Moultonborough

03-31_Trip_to_Moultonborough-Strathspey.pdf
Meghan Mette was one of the musicians featured on 'A Polka for Matt'. She is the younger sister to Eliza Mette, who can be heard on 'Summer's Waltz'. Here Meghan plays one of her own compositions and, below, she tells us in her own words how the…

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Tóstal, An

07-18_An_Tostal-Reel.pdf
Leo Rowsome, known as 'The King of the Pipers', wrote this lovely reel. It is played on this track by fiddle player John Daly. 'An Tóstal', according to my good friend Helena Rowsome, Leo's daughter, means 'a pageant or assembly of ordinary…

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Top of the Bow

05-22_Top_of_the_Bow-Reel.pdf
Flute player Shannon Heaton wrote 'Top of the Bow' for her friends Emerald and Eden, two fiddle-playing sisters. They had their fiddles out in the car, learning a tune on the way to a gig. However, after realizing that their playing had left little…

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Tom Turkington's in G Major

03-23_Tom_Turkingtons_in_G_Major-Reel.pdf
The young Cape Breton fiddle player Kimberley Fraser gives us an exciting blend of Irish and Cape Breton fiddle styles. She plays another reel from the music of County Tyrone fiddle player Tom Turkington (see 'Tom Turkington's in C Major').

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Tom Turkington's in C Major

02-02_Tom_Turkingtons_in_C_Major-Reel.pdf
I met Tom Turkington, a fiddle player from Cookstown, County Tyrone, only once. It was at the beginning of the 1960s at a County Clare Fleadh Cheoil, when he performed at a celebrity concert with his son David on the piano. Musicians love talking…

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Tom Turkington's in B Flat

06-22_Tom_Turkingtons_in_B_Flat-Hornpipe.pdf
Tom Turkington's performance on my fiddle that night long ago in County Clare featured this hornpipe in B flat. I don't have a title for this tune, so I pay tribute to Tom Turkington by naming it for him. Listening to the great Kimberley Fraser's…

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Tom Turkington's in A Major

02-16_Tom_Turkingtons_in_A_Major-Hornpipe.pdf
Here is another tune from the playing of Tom Turkington of County Tyrone. I searched for its name, and I asked a number of reliable sources for a title, but I have come up empty-handed. So, what better name than 'Tom Turkington's in A Major'? Tom's…

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Tigh an Cheoil

07-31_Tigh_an_Cheoil-Song.pdf
My good friend Ann Mulqueen, one of Ireland's wonderful traditional singers, composed 'Tigh an Cheoil'. Tigh an Cheoil, the great pub in An Rinn in County Waterford, should be on everyone's list of places to visit when looking for a good pint, great…

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Thomas Reilly, Clerk of Fore

03-18_Thomas_Reilly_Clerk_of_Fore-Single_Jig.pdf
Rev. John Quinn from County Leitrim sent me this tune in the 1980s. It was a copy of handwritten music from The Mulvey Manuscript. Stephen Grier wrote it out on the twenty-fifth of May, 1883. Father John has supplied me with many tunes from his part…

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Thomas Power's Polka

03-28_Thomas_Powers_Polka.pdf
Thomas Power, fiddle player from Doonbeg, County Clare, had a repertoire of unusual old tunes. His son Michael, who lives in upstate New York, sent me a recording of his father playing this and a number of other tunes. Fiddle player Kevin Burke did a…

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Thomas Power's March

07-28_Thomas_Powers_March.pdf
Another tune from the playing of Thomas Power from Doonbeg in County Clare. On this track, I am joined by Kevin McElroy on bodhrán and Nicole Rabata on flute to perform our interpretation of the march.

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Thomas Power's Jig

07-26_Thomas_Powers_Jig.pdf
This jig, played here for us by Josephine Keegan from South Armagh, was learned from the cassette tape that Michael Power sent me of the playing of his father, Thomas Power, a lovely fiddle player from Doonbeg in west County Clare (see 'Thomas…

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Thirteen Arches

02-27_Thirteen_Arches-Reel.pdf
A thirteen-arched bridge spans the majestic River Shannon as it flows through my hometown of Killaloe, County Clare. On the opposite side of the bridge is Ballina, County Tipperary. As a child I had fun saying, 'I can stand in Killaloe and Ballina at…

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Terry's Jig

08-20_Terrys_Jig.pdf
Here we have another melody composed by the Grand Lady of New Brunswick fiddle music, Mrs. Matilda Murdoch. Its performer on this track, who once again gives Matilda's music a genuine Irish flavour, is none other than Maeve Donnelly.

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Tart ar an Ól

01-27_Tart_ar_an_Ol-Jig.pdf
A version of this tune can be found in The Roche Collection, but I first heard it played by Eddie Moloney from Ballinakill, County Galway. Eddie, Tommy Mulhaire, and his son Brendan were among those who travelled on a number of occasions in the 1960s…

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Tara and Dáire

03-19_Tara_and_Daire-Reel.pdf
Marie Reilly, the fiddle player from New York, played this reel at a Gaelic Roots Festival concert at Boston College, her alma mater. Thanks to Marie for bringing the tune to our attention. I did my utmost to find the tune's composer in order to give…

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