Garvan Hill – Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty

Ceol Traidisiúnta Thír Chonaill.

Traditional Music from Donegal - Archival recordings from the National Folklore Collection UCD, recorded in 1949.

3 CD’s with 43 Tunes, this Cd presents almost the complete collection of those priceless early recordings of Mickey Doherty. Mickey was a travelling fiddler, tinsmith and storyteller and a member of the Doherty or ‘Simi’ family from An Clochan Mór near Ballybofey and Baile na Finne in Co. Donegal and a brother of the famous fiddler John Doherty. The Dohertys, a long established family of travelling musicans and tinsmiths dominated the recent history of traditional music of Donegal.

This CD has extensive notes contained in a 36 page booklet. It features Hornpipes, Reels, Single Jigs, Double Jigs, Highlands Marches, Airs and descriptive pieces.

CD 1

1. Jig Learned From The Fairies (Slip Jig)

2. Miss MacLeod's / Philip O'Beirne's Delight (Reels)

3. Blanche's (Hornpipe)

4. Maggie Pickin's (Maggie Pickin's)

5. The Cameronian (Reel)

6. The Sligo Maid / Molloy's Favourite (Reels)

7. The Swallows Tail / Drowsy Maggie (Reels)

8. The Hound After The Hare Pt 1 (Descriptive Piece)

9 The Hound After The Hare Pt 2 (Descriptive Piece)

10. The Four Posts Of The Bed (Descriptive Piece)

11. Bonnie Kate (Reel)

12. The Templehouse / Flogging Reels (Reels)

13. Kitty's Gone A' Milking / The Merry Sisters (Reels)

14. Liverpool / Derry Hornpipe (Hornpipes)

15. The Scholar / The Rights Of Man (Hornpipes)

16. The High Level (Hornpipe)

17. The Black Haired Lass (Reel)

18. The Job Of Journeywork / The Little House Under The Hill (Set Dance and Double Jig)

19. Paddy's Rambles / The Irish Washerwoman (Double Jigs)

20. The Reeks Of St Patrick / The Geese In The Bog (Double Jigs)

21. The Blackbird / Páidin Ó Raifeartaigh (Set Dance and Double Jig)

22. Cailin Deas Crúite na mBó / Dúlaman na Binne Buidhe (Air and Highland)

23. Stirling Castle / Flowers Of Edinburgh (Highland and Reel)

24. Green Fields Of America / Heather Breeze (Reels)

25. The Hound After The Hare (Descriptive Piece)

26. The Four Posts Of The Bed (Descriptive Piece)

27. The Cuckoo's Nest / Paddy's Trip To Scotland (Reels)

28. The Harvest Home / The Green Mountain (Hornpipe and Reel)

29. The Jolly Widow / No Other Fellow As Happy (Double Jigs)

30. My Love She Has Deceived Me / Unnamed (Marches)

31. Clare's Dragoon's / The National March (Marches)

32. Nora Crionna / Miss MacLeod's (March and Reel)

33. The Jaunting Car / Off She Goes (Double Jigs)

34. The Five Mile Chase / The Wild Irishman (Reels)

35. The Enchanted Lady / Tatter Jack Walsh (Reel and Double Jig)

36. Tá Do Mhargadh Déanta / Maids Of Mullagh (Single Jig and Reel)

37. The Harvest Home / Gravel Walks (Hornpipe and Reel)

38. St Patrick's Day / Haste To The Wedding (Set Dance and Double Jig)

39. The Fiddler And The Fairy / Inver Bay Looks Charming (Story and Air)

40. The Star Of Donegal / Belphegor (Air and March)

41. The Rocky Road To Dublin / The Sailor's Bonnet (Slip Jig and Reel)

42. The Stack Of Barley / The Corn Rigs (Hornpipe and Corn Rigs)

43. The Hound After The Hare (Descriptive Piece)