I wrote this reel directly after the birth of our daughter Nell, in September 2021. I had been attempting to compose a reel in E Dorian around that time as part of my work for the Arts Council / National Concert Hall Liam O’Flynn Award, but I wasn’t producing any satisfactory results. Ríl Nell arrived less than half an hour after Nell herself and I can only imagine the strange looks I got in the hospital as I whistled intensely at a new-born baby.
