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Manuscript Indexes The various tune types are self-explanatory (as they relate to various dances e.g. reels, jigs, mazurkas), with the exception of Quadrille Tunes. Fiddle players in East Down generically called tunes played for the dancing of Quadrilles (and their associated sets) "Quadrille Tunes". These include single jigs, double jigs, polkas and marches, and shades in between. Reels Jigs & Slip Jigs 6/8 Quadrilles, 2/4 Quadrilles, 4/4 Quadrilles Polkas Hornpipes Mazurkas, Marches Schottisches, Strathspeys, Flings Barndances, Waltzes, Varsovienna Tunes Figure Dances, Country Dances, Round Dances, Irish Dances, Planxtys, Airs

Fiddle Players and their Manuscripts It is generally perceived that, since traditional music is an aurally transmitted culture, musicians did not regularly use standard written musical notation to record, teach or transmit their art. James O’Neill’s gift for transcribing tunes is well-known, but it was probably not as rare as is generally thought. Clearly his father John (1837 – 1883) was musically literate as Francis O’Neill recorded that James had several volumes of manuscript music compiled by his father (Irish Folk Music , Francis O'Neill, Chicago 1910, page 52). In County Down many fiddle players from the mid 1800s were recording their music in their own hand-written manuscripts e.g.; John Simpson (1836 – 1917) John O’Neill (1837 – 1883) William Hogg (1844 – 1915) Robert James Quinn (1854 – 1930) Willie Wallace (1860 – 1929) James O’Neill (1862 – 1949) Jimmy Ward (1865 – 1944) James Coey (b. 1870) Jimmy Edmond (1873 – 1935) Davy Carse (1874 - 1964) Arthur Coey (b.1881) David Boyd (b.1884) Addy Quinn (1885 – 1971), Willie McCloy (1886 – 1959), Jimmy McElroy (1892 – 1982). The fiddle players noted above were all born in the 1800s – many more fiddlers born after 1900 were also musically literate. Map showing where fiddlers, that were compiling manuscripts, lived and played their music.

David Carse - Part 6 1 Reel - The Mason's Apron (HD ref WMcC98) Reel - The Liverpool Reel 2 Reel - Cameronian Reel Reel - The Five Mile Chase 3 Reel - The Glasgow Reel 4 Reel - The Yell Heifer (HD ref DG381) Reel - The Flogging Reel 5 Reel - MacDonald's Reel Hornpipe - The Liverpool Hornpipe (8 + 4 bars) - see number 6 below for remaining 4 bars 6 Reel - Blayberry Blossom Hornpipe - The Liverpool Hornpipe (4 bars) continued from number 5 above 7 Jig - Jackson's Jig generally known as Jackson's Morning Brush (HD ref JW292) Hornpipe - Queen's Favourite locally known as The Queen's Wedding (HD ref WMcC94) 8 Reel - The Gypsy Reel also known locally as The Gypsy Lass (HD ref WMcC97) Reel - Lochiel's Rant This reel was published in A Selection of Irish and Scottish Tunes , Edinburgh, 1804 by John McPherson Mulhollan. Mulhollan was born in 1781 and raised in Donaghadee, County Down some 15 miles from where Davy Carse was raised in the townland of Magherscouse. 9 Hornpipe - The Harvest Home Jig - Slashers generally known as The Kinnegad Slashers or locally, incorrectly, as The Kinnegar Slashers (HD ref JW295) 10 Reel - The Drummin Lasses Hornpipe - The Manchester Hornpipe 11 Reel - Box about the Coals also locally titled Fight about the Coals (HD ref JE181) Jig - The Connaught Man's Rambles (HD ref WMcC95) different version 12 Reel - Box about the Coals also locally titled Fight about the Coals (HD ref JE181) Reel - The Lasses of Drumbo 13 Hornpipe - The Cork Hornpipe Quadrille Tune 6/8 - The White House Lassie (HD ref JS84) 14 Hornpipe - The Cuckoo's Nest (HD ref JD147) 15 Hornpipe - The Blayden Hornpipe Hornpipe - Lens Hornpipe 16 Hornpipe - Split the Wood Hornpipe - Conway Hornpipe 17 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Royal Charlie also locally titled Wha'll be King but Charlie (HD ref WS128) Quadrille Tune 6/8 - The Laird of Cockpen (HD ref TO191) 18 Polka - Inver Folk in the Shaws Reel - Jenny among the Hay Schottische - Hop Light Loo (HD ref WMcC101) 19 Polka - The Bluebell Polka (HD ref JD154) 20 Quadrille Tune 2/4 - My Love is but a Lassie yet (HD ref WS121) Jig - Pop goes the Weasel Schottische - Highland generally titled Miss Stewart's Highland (HD ref WMcC101) 21 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - 4th Lancers generally titled Patience Lancers figure 4 (HD ref WS124) 22 Reel - The Rose of Castletown generally known as The Boys of the Lough 23 Hornpipe - Boneparte's Hornpipe Reel - Police Cap locally known as The Peeler's Cap (HD ref WMcC99) generally known as The Merry Blacksmith

Introduction of Dances The Table below gives a "rough " timeline of when the various dance forms were introduced into Ireland. Many of these are still in circulation in County Down, 1771 Minuets, Hornpipes. Country Dances & Cotillions 1779 Minuets, Cotillions, Country Dances & Hornpipes 1786 Figure Dances 1789 Minuets, Cotillions & Hornpipes 1792 Quadrilles & Cotillions Northern Star 1792 1792 Cotillions, & Figure Dances 1794 Strathspey & Scots Reel 1795 Cotillions & Figure Dances, Strathspeys & Reels, Country Dances 1801 Scotch Hornpipe, Highland Flings 1812 German Waltz The waltz in its current form shot to popularity around 1812 in the ballrooms of Paris and spread rapidly throughout Europe. However it is thought to have originated much earlier, probably from a figure of the Contredanse. "The Waltz, in what may be called its “allemande” form, that is with entwining arm-movements but without the close hold, was undoubtedly known in England a number of years before 1812, and as such was probably used as a figure of a Cotillon or Contredanse. The word “waltz” simply means to turn, and the modern dance is derived from a turning dance of the peasants." (Social Dances of the XIX Century , P.J.S. Richardson, 1960: Pages 41 & 42) 1843 Polka Opinions are divided with regards to the origin of the polka. Most authorities think the term “polka” derived from “pulka” meaning half-step. One of the more popular possibilities was that the dance was collected by Josef Neruda when he saw a peasant girl dancing to her own vocal accompaniment in Bohemia around 1830. He, or his followers, subsequently introduced the polka to high society in Prague in 1835. (Social Dances of the XIX Century , P.J.S. Richardson, 1960: Page 81) Regardless of its history the polka was introduced into Paris in 1843 where it achieved unparalleled popularity spreading throughout western dance culture. 1845 Mazurka & the Polka Mazurka The mazurka originally evolved from a Polish folk dance from the province of Masovia, and was apparently popular and subsequently spread into high society by the Polish army. In arrived in England around 1845 and was danced in sets of four or eight couples. The polka mazurka is thought to have been based on the polka and set to mazurka music and rhythm. Generally titled “the mazurka” the polka mazurka is still danced as a round dance in Counties Donegal and Down. (Social Dances of the XIX Century , P.J.S. Richardson, 1960: Pages 96-97) 1848 Schottische The schottische was another round dance finding popularity in the British Isles around the mid 19th Century; it first appeared in England around 1848. (Social Dances of the XIX Century , P.J.S. Richardson, 1960: Page 102) 1853 Varsoviana “La Varsoviana” or “The Varsovienna” was a round dance that achieved limited popularity in Ballroom society in the mid 19th Century; however it is still danced regularly in County Down. It was devised by a Spanish dancing teacher called Désiré and was first danced in Paris around 1853. (Social Dances of the XIX Century , P.J.S. Richardson, 1960: Page 97) 1886 Barndance Authorities agree that the barndance was originally called “the Military Schottische” is related to “the Pas de Quatre” and that it was introduced into England from America around 1886. The People’s Ballroom Guide and Manual of Dancing , 1905: Page 37, edited by James Scott Skinner states; The dance hails from America, its invention being credited to Mr M B Gilbert, of Boston; and it was brought over the Atlantic and introduced into this country in 1886 by Mr K M Sellars, Professor of Dancing in Glasgow and Ayr.

Jackie Donnan - 1 These 16 tunes of Jackie Donnan were recorded by Denis Calvert in 1969, then digitised around 2012 by Denis Reynolds, then edited by myself in 2023. Strathspey - the Marquis of Huntley’s Farewell Jackie learnt the Marquis of Huntley’s Farewell from Willie Savage. It is one of the best-known compositions of William Marshall, which he dedicated to the Marquis’s departure with the Gordon Highlanders in 1799. The Marquis of Huntleys Farewell (Strathspey) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:05 Reel - Captain Bounce Jackie learnt Captain Bounce from his mentor Willie McCloy (1886 - 1959) who had in turn learnt it from John Simpson (1836 - 1921). Captain Bounce , a reel, was played for the long lost Figure Dance Captain Bounce - Jackie, McCloy and Simpson all used crushed bowing whilst playing it. A similar version of Captain Bounce was played by Jimmy and Robert Edmond, who only lived a couple of miles from Willie McCloy, but they used entirely different bowing. Captain Bounce (Reel) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:35 Reels - What the Divil ails you? and the Maids of Galway Jackie learnt What the Divil ails you? from Willie Savage and the Maids of Galway from Willie McCloy. The Maids of Galway is a setting of the well-known reel the Boyne Hunt , which known by a number of names in Ireland. It was composed in Scotland by Miss Magdalene Stirling of Ardoch c. 1788. What the divil ails ye & The Maids of Galway (Reels) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:18 Reel - the Killyleagh Lasses Jackie learnt the Killyleagh Lasses from Willie McCloy (1886 - 1959). The Killyleagh Lasses was a favourite tune for stepdancing to – note the bowed treble at the end of the 4th bars which was used to match the dancer’s footwork. Killyleagh Lasses - (Reel) (first part only) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:08 Jig/Quadrille tune - The Whitehouse Lassie Jackie learnt The White House Lassie from his mentors Toye Willie Savage (1880 - 1956) and Willie McCloy (1886 - 1959). McCloy had in turn learnt it from John Simpson (1836 - 1921). Being a versatile tune they played The White House Lassie for several dances - the 3rd figure of the Quadrilles, the 4th figure of the Lancers and the 1st figure of La Russe. The White House Lassie (Jig/Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:04 Jig/Quadrille tune - the Muses Jackie learnt The Muses from his mentors Toye Willie Savage (1880 - 1956) and Willie McCloy (1886 - 1959). McCloy had in turn learned it from John Simpson (1836 - 1921). They played The Muses for the 4th figure of the Lancers. The Muses (Jig/Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:48 Polka/Quadrille tune - Ava the Airts the Wind can Blaw Jackie learnt Ava the Airts the Wind can Blaw from Willie Savage. They played it for the 5th (last) figure of the Caledonians. The quadrille has been adapted from Miss Admiral Gordon’s Strathspey which was composed by the well-known Scottish composer William Marshall c. 1781 in honour of Margaret Gordon, daughter of Admiral William Gordon. Robert Burns subsequently set one of his best- known songs to it – "of a" the Airts the Wind can Blaw . Ava the Airts the Wind can Blaw (2/4 Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:05 Polka/Quadrille tune - the Boys of Belfast Jackie learnt The Boys of Belfast from his mentor Toye Willie Savage (1880 - 1956). They played for the 5th (last) figure of the Lancers. Interestingly Jackie Donnan didn’t play the G (3rd string) as sharp or natural, but half way between the two. There were several of his tunes where he played the G, and indeed on occasion the C (2nd string), in this way. A slightly different setting of the tune is played in the fifing tradition. The Boys of Belfast (2/4 Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:03 Polka/Quadrille tune - the Last of the Lancers Another tune from the playing of Willie Savage; Willie and Jackie played it for the 5th (last) figure of the Lancers . The last figure of The Lancers (2/4 Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:11 Polka/Quadrille tune - the 2nd of the Patience Lancers Another tune from the playing of Willie Savage and Willie McCloy; it comes from a set of Quadrille Tunes called the Patience Lancers and is played for the 2nd figure. The 2nd of Patience Lancers (2/4 Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:08 Highland Schottische - Lowden's Bonnie Woods and Braes Jackie learnt Lowden's Bonnie Woods and Braes from Willie Savage. They played it for the Highland Schottische . Lowden's Bonnie Woods and Braes (Highland Schottische) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:40 Mazurka - the Spanish Mazurka Jackie learnt The Spanish Mazurka from Willie Savage, which they played for the two-hand dance the Polka Mazurka . Jackie played it regularly in the Comber and Balloo sessions in the 70s, which he generally followed with a mazurka titled Rocking the Cradle . He regularly played it, by itself, for dancing at venues like Greyabbey Village Hall. The Spanish Mazurka Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:08 Mazurka - Jimmy McElroy's Mazurka Jackie learnt this mazurka from his friend James McElroy (1892 - 1982) of Drumnaquoile. Jackie played it regularly in the Comber and Balloo sessions in the 70s, and occasionally for dancing at venues like Greyabbey Village Hall. James McElroy's Mazurka Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:09 Schottische - Maggie Picken Maggie Picken/Pickins has a number of titles and numerous humourous verses in song. The tune was rarely played, mostly for step dancing. In the 60s/70s Jackie would have played it for James McElroy to dance. Maggie Picken (Schottische) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:49 Schottische - the Danish Polka Jackie learnt this Schottische from Willie Savage. The tune was played for a two-hand dance called The Danish Polka . The Danish Polka (Schottische) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 00:34 Quadrille Tune- the Pretty Maid Jackie played this tune with Willie Savage for the 4th figure of the Quadrilles. It was a well-known tune in the area having been handed down from early fiddle players such as John Simpson (see JS manuscripts). The Pretty Maid (2/4 Quadrille Tune) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:08

David Carse - Part 1 Part 1 of David Carse's manuscripts consist of the 14 pages that remain semi-bound in his black manuscript book. 1 Quadr ille Tune 6/8 - Over the Sea (for the Caledonians) Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Untitled (for the Caledonians) generally titled Jock O'Hazeldene HD ref WS120 2 Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Untitled generally titled Duncan Davidson (HD ref JW306) Strathspey - Untitled 3 Waltz - Untitled Waltz locally titled Stuff the Bullock following an altercation between fiddle player John Simpson and a farmer at the dance in Ballymacreely Orange Hall (HD ref JS86) Waltz - Untitled Waltz generally known as The Peekaboo Waltz (HD ref WS136) 4 Polka - The Crawfordsburn Polka Jig/Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Brian O'Neill ( HD ref WMcC96) 5 Reel - The Miners of Wicklow ( HD ref WMcC99) Reel - Speed the Plough 6 Reel - Queen's Reel (HD ref ST354) Polka - Untitled locally known as The Belfast Polka (HD ref WS116) 7 Hornpipe - The Sailor's Hornpipe Reel - Touch it if you dare 8 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Edinburgh Lancers 1st figure Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Edinburgh Lancers 2nd figure Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Edinburgh Lancers 3rd figure 9 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Edinburgh Lancers 4th figure (HD ref JW313) 10 Hornpipe - Queen's Favourite (HD ref WMcC94 ) Reel - Untitled generally called Miss Thompson's 11 Waltz - Untitled Waltz Schottische - Untitled 12 Jig - The Siege of Carrick Reel - The Flowers of Edinburgh 13 Reel - McCloud's Reel Reel - Ramsey's Reel generally titled Miss Ramsey

Jackie Donnan - 2 These dance tunes played by Jackie Donnan were recorded in the early 1970s. Hornpipe - Murphy's Hornpipe Murphy's Hornpipe was played regularly in the weekly Comber (Castle Inn) throughout the 1970's and into the early 1980's. It was usually started by Jackie and probably introduced by him. Murphy's Hornpipe Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 03:01 The following hornpipes - the Blackbird and the Homeruler , the Bunch of Ferns , and the Flowing Tide - were all also played regularly in the Comber session of the 1970s. Again usually initiated by Jackie with, depending on the tune, different musicians taking them up. The Peacock's Feather was usually played in the set following the Blackbird and the Homeruler. The Homeruler was composed by fiddler Frank McCollam of Ballycastle, County Antrim. Hornpipes - the Blackbird and the Homeruler The Blackbird & the Homeruler (Hornpipes) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 03:16 Hornpipe - the Flowing Tide The Flowing Tide (Hornpipe) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:33 Hornpipe - the Bunch of Ferns The Bunch of Ferns (Hornpipe) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:33 The following three jig sets were all popular and played regularly in the Wednesday night Comber session - The Rafters over the Waves , the Whistler at the Wake , the Old Flail , and the Butcher's March The Old Favourite and the Rambling Pitchfork Molloy's The Whistler at the Wake and the Old Flail are compositions of flute player Vincent Broderick. Jigs - the Rafters over the Waves, the Whistler at the Wake, the Old Flail & the Butcher's March Rafters over the Waves (Jigs) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 04:41 Jigs - the Old Favourite & the Rambling Pitchfork The Old Favourite & the Rambling Pitchfork (Jigs) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 02:06 Jig - Molloy's Molloy's (Jigs) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:35 Jackie never had a name for this polka. Polka - Untitled Polka from Jackie Donnan Untitled Polka Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:34 Jackie Donnan recorded the following dance tunes for his friend Willie Lindsay to learn the fiddle from. Jigs - I Lost my Love & the Devil set sail wi my Darlin' Jackie learned I Lost my Love and I Care nae for fiddler Tommy Orr from Butcher's Corner, Toye and the Devil set sail wi my Darlin' from Toye Willie Savage. The Devil set sail wi my Darlin' is generally known as the Rakes of Kildare . I Lost my Love, the Devil set Sail with my Darling (Jigs) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 02:15 Jigs/Quadrilles tunes - the Moorhall Jig & the White House Lassie Jackie learned the Moorhall Jig from Jimmy Savage (1901 - 1978) from Balloo from Craigarusky, Killinchy who played the fiddle in the Craigarusky String Band. He learned The White House Lass from Willie McCloy from Derryboye who, in turn, learned it from his mentor John Simpson (1836 - 1921). Moorhall Jig & the White House Lass (Jigs) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 02:15 Jigs/Quadrilles tune - Maggie McGeag let go o'ma Leg Jackie learned Maggie McGeag let go o'ma leg or I'll proddle ye ma horney O! from Toye Willie Savage (1880 - 1956) from Toye, Killinchy. They played it for the 6th and last figure of the Quadrilles. He learned the second tune Yankee Doodle from a long line of fiddlers from Central Down - initially from Davy Gray, from Sammy Thompson from Jimmy Ward (1865 - 1944). Ward played Yankee Doodle for the 1st figure of the Quadrilles, whereas over a century later Jackie occasionally played it for the last figure of the Quadrilles. Maggie McGeag (Jigs/Quadrille Tunes) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:44 Polka/Quadrilles tune - the Wearied Soldier This is another tune that Jackie learned from a long line of fiddlers from Central Down; Davy & Robbie Gray from Sammy Thompson from Jimmy Ward (1865 - 1944). The polka The Wearied Soldier was played for the two-hand dance The Laughing Gauger , a hop/skip polka. The Wearied Soldier (hop/skip Polka) Jackie Donnan 00:00 / 01:44

Handed Down documents the traditional fiddle playing and dancing culture in County Down, in particular areas to the east and centre. Spanning over three decades in its development, this book presents a snapshot taken in 2012. The project is unique within traditional music and dance in Ireland due to the demographic nature of the county – the musicians, their music and dance, having been drawn from both unionist and nationalist communities. Much of the material, including some 500 pieces of music, 30 dances and profiles on 300 fiddle players, has to date gone unrecorded. This led to research into the development of traditional music and dance in County Down, including the origin of many of the popular dances, the extensive network of dancing masters in the 1700s and how fiddle players practiced their art in the late 1880s and into the twentieth century. Overall the project sheds fresh light on many of the commonly held perceptions regarding our culture. In contrast to much of the currently archived material, the musicians profiled here were, by and large, ordinary practicing fiddle players; likewise the dances were carried out by ordinary folk at a wide variety of social gatherings, making this an ideal window for looking at traditional music and dance as it was practiced over a century ago. Suffering serious decline as the twentieth century progressed and with most of the fiddle players and dancers having passed away, this previously rich culture continues to be practised by a diminishing number of musicians and dancers in, predominantly, rural areas of County Down. Buy Reviews Daniel Neely, Irish Echo, New York - 14th August 2013 "Occasionally, one comes across a publication that sheds significant new light on a subject matter and changes fundamentally its study and appreciation. Nigel Boullier's brilliantly researched and lavishly illustrated Handed Down: Country Fiddling and Dancing in East and Central County Down is one such study. " " Overall, Handed Down is an extraordinary publication." "Meticulous and carefully wrought, Handed Down : Country Fiddling and Dancing in East and Central County Down should revolutionize the way people think about the history of traditional music in that part of Ireland." [View Daniel Neely's highly detailed review below.] Philip Heath Coleman, Musical Traditions - 24th June 2014 "Nigel Boullier's inwardly fascinating, outwardly impressive and all in all quite extraordinary volume on the traditional music and dance of County Down." "At a stroke he has raised what was hitherto a totally-disregarded backwater of traditional music to being probably the best d ocumented area in that respect - the dust jacket refers to 500 [ sic] biographies, 300 [sic] tunes and 30 dances - not just in Ireland, but anywhere in the British Isles." (The review should have stated "300 biographies, 500 tunes") "To call Handed Down merely comprehensive would be absurd and to diminish the author's achievement." "a book which should be a prized possession of anyone who pretends to an interest in, knowledge of or affection for the traditional music of Ireland - or indeed of anywhere in the British Isles - and wherever it has travelled." To view Philip Heath Coleman's highly detailed review go to Musical Traditions Daniel Neely, Irish Echo, New York 14th August 2013

Geordie McAdam, Brian Sutherland, Ernie Swain Geordie McAdam Reel - Bonny Kate Geordie McAdam plays the reel Bonny Kate , being later joined by Ernie Swain (fiddle) and Davy Simpson (banjo-mandolin). Recorded in the Castle Inn, Comber in 1976. Bonny Kate (Reel) Geordie McAdam 00:00 / 01:05 Reels - The Colliers & The Bucks of Oranmore Geordie McAdam plays two reels the Collier's Reel and the Bucks of Oranmore . He is joined by Ernie Swain on fiddle and John Moulden on spoons (the spoons were dampened by both being wound in tape). Recorded in the Castle Inn, Comber in 1976. The Colliers & the Bucks of Oranmore (Reels) Geordie McAdam 00:00 / 02:50 Song - Swinging in the Lane Over the span of 46 years that I was playing music with my great friend Geordie I never heard him singing. In this rare moment he started singing, out of the blue, Swinging in the Lane . Luckily another close friend Davy Lennon captured the moment. Recorded in Fealty's Bar, Bangor in 2019. Song - Swinging in the Lane Geordie McAdam 00:00 / 01:45 Barndances - Jimmy Doyle's Barndances Geordie McAdam, Josie Nugent, and Nigel & Dianna Boullier play Jimmy Doyle's Barndances . I learned these barndances from Jim Moore in 2000. Jim, in turn, learned them from Jimmy Doyle, a fiddler from Dromara/Finnis. In turn Jackie Donnan learned them from me and we played them regularly for years at the Greyabbey Dance for the two-hand dance The Scottish Barndance . Recorded in Edenderry in 2016 for Josie Nugent's CD Modal Citizen . Jimmy Doyle's Barndances Geordie McAdam 00:00 / 03:04 Brian Sutherland Reel - Julia Delaney Brian Sutherland plays the reel Julia Delaney . Recorded in Castle Inn, Comber in 1975. Julia Delaney Brian Sutherland 00:00 / 01:11 Reel - O'Dowd's Favourite Brian Sutherland plays the reel O'Dowd's Favourite . Recorded in Castle Inn, Comber in 1975. O'Dowd's Favourite Brian Sutherland 00:00 / 01:43 Ernie Swain Polkas - The Knocknagow Polkas Ernie Swain (fiddle) and Willie Coyle (accordion) play two polkas that they called the Knocknagow Polkas , accompanied by Brian Harte (guitar). Recorded 1994. The Knocknagow Polkas Ernie Swain 00:00 / 03:48 Reels - The Four Courts & O'Connell's Trip to Parliament Ernie Swain (fiddle) and Willie Coyle (accordion) play two reels, the Four Courts and O'Connell's Trip to Parliament , accompanied by Brian Harte (guitar). Recorded 1994. Four Courts, O'Connell's Trip to Parliament ) Ernie Swain 00:00 / 02:15

James Ward - Part 4 Part 4 of the manuscripts were handed down from Jimmy Ward to Willie Hook, to Jim Moore finally to myself in 2000. 1 Reel - The Tinker's Reel (HD ref JW327) Reel - Lord Roden's Reel (HD ref JW317) 2 Strathspey - Fanny Farquharson (HD ref JW333) Jig - The Boys of the Lough or titled locally The Lisnagade Jig (HD ref JW295) Hornpipe - Queen's Hornpipe (HD ref JW289) 3 Quadrille Tune 2/4 - The Lass o Gowrie (HD ref WS126) Jig - Jackson's Trip (HD ref JS82) Reel - The Bush in Blossom (HD ref JW322) 4 Reel - Untitled Reel locally titled (Jimmy Ward's Reel HD ref JW329) March - The Boyne Water (HD ref JW309) Hornpipe - Bony over the Alps (HD ref JW287) 5 Polka - The Weary Soldier (HD ref JW304) Reel - Roll Her down the Hill often titled Roll Her down the Mountain (HD ref JW320) Jig - The Heart of My Kitty (HD ref JW294) 6 Jig - The Miners of Wicklow (HD ref JW296) Polka - The Drumlough Polka (HD ref JW303) Mazurka - Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref RG376) 7 Jig - The Royal Arch Mason (HD ref JW298) Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled (HD ref JW315) a jig version of O'Carolan's Fanny Power Jig - Jackson's dear Whisky (HD ref JW292) 8 Varsovienna Tune - Untitled Varsovienna Tune Schottische - The Danish Polka (HD ref WS130) 9 Schottische - Old Chum Schottische (HD ref JW331) 10 |Polka - Untitled (Jimmy Ward's No 6 HD ref JW306) 11 Jig - Jackson's Morning Brush (HD ref JW292) Jig - Lannigan's Ball (HD ref RQ203) 12 Jig - The Queenstown Jig (HD ref JW297) Jig - Untitled Jig elsewhere titled by Jimmy Ward as Dan's wee Pot (HD ref JW291 ) 13 Waltz - Woodland Whispers (HD ref JW341) Waltz - The Starry Night (HD ref JW340) 14 Waltz - Untitled (HD ref ST357) locally known as Jimmy Ward's Waltz Reel - Queen's Wedding (HD ref ST354) 15 Jig - Pibrock of Donald Dhu (HD ref JW293) Quadrille Tune 6/8 - A Hundred Pipers (HD ref WS117) Jig - Blue Bonnets o'er the Border (HD ref WMcC94) 16 Hornpipe - Jack's the Lad (HD ref JE179) Jig - Johnny McGill (HD ref JW293) 17 Strathspey - Untitled Strathspey generally known as Miss Ramsey (HD ref JW335) Strathspey - The Lad that wears the Plaidie (HD ref JD131) 18 Figure Dance - Untitled generally known as The Princess Royal (HD ref WMcC93) 19 Jig - Jack's Alive (HD ref JW292) Fling - Captain Kelly's Fling (HD ref JW285) 20 Strathspey - The Braes aboon Bonaw (HD ref JW334) Jig - Rattle the Cash Jig - The Self Jig known locally in East Down as The Lilies of France and generally as The Girls of Banbridge (HD ref JW285) 21 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Lancers 1st figure (Jimmy Ward's No 8 HD ref JW314) Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Lancers 2nd figure generally known as I wish I were where Gaddy Rins (HD ref JW307) [Ward and many of his fiddlers added a 3rd part to the tune - a part of The Rakes of Mallow in either the key of G or D] 22 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Lancers 3rd figure (jig version of O'Carolan's Fanny Power (HD ref JW315) Quadrille Tune 4/4 - Lancers 5th figure locally known as Jimmy McClurg's (HD ref JW396) Polka - Untitled Polka (HD ref JW306) 23 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Oh Lassie are thou sleeping yet generally known as The Muckin O' Geordie's Byre Jig - The Rocky Road to Dublin (HD ref JW298) Mazurka- Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref JW301) 24 Polka - Untitled Polka (Jimmy Ward's No 4 HD ref JW305) [Jimmy Ward played this polka in two variations; (1) by playing parts 1, 2 & 4 as a three part tune, or (2) by playing it as below as a four part tune. (Parts 1 & 3 are the same)] 25 Jig - Before I was Married Mazurka - Untitled Polka Mazurka (HD ref BG185) Quadrille Tune 2/4 - La Russe (HD ref WS121) 26 Waltz - The Fairyland Waltz (HD ref JW338) Waltz - Nicholson's Waltz (HD ref JW337) 27 Untitled Tune Waltz - Mousetrap Waltz (HD ref JW340) 28 Polka - Untitled Polka (Jimmy Ward No 6 HD ref JW306) Polka - The Sultan Polka (HD ref JW304) Polka - Jenny Lynd (HD ref JW302 ) 29 Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Bonnie Dundee (HD ref WS118) 30 Waltz - Untitled Waltz Schottische - The Mounte Rank Schottische

The Carse Manuscripts David Carse (1874 - 1964) was a farmer from Carse's Hill, Magherscouse a few miles north-east of Ballygowan in East Down. He learned to play the fiddle from John Simpson (1836 - 1921), where he also learnt to read and write standard musical notation. David Carse Part 1 David Carse Part 2 David Carse Part 3 David Carse Part 4 David Carse Part 5 David Carse Part 6 David Carse Part 7

James O'Neill (1862 - 1949) Jim Creaney c.1963 Joe McKinley, 1960 Jim Creaney c.1994 Jim Creaney c.1963 1/5 Marie Lavery (1925 - 1996) Geordie Lavery (1927 - 2001)