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This is a four-part reel which I composed on a very hot summer’s day in Houston, Texas in 1986. I was trying to stay cool in an air-conditioned motel, and the tune came to me in bits and pieces. I named it in honor of flute player Cathal McConnell, who is a well-known member of the Boys of the Lough. Cathal is from Ballinaleck in south Co. Fermanagh.
