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This reel has remained nameless at many sessions, with only the tune left to give a hint at its creator. I finally decided to christen it ‘The Plea Bargain’ because its third part sounds like a plea on behalf of compromising the first two parts. I’ll always remember fiddler Tommy Peoples’ great rendering of it at a session in Kilfenora, Co. Clare.
