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This is another given to me by Dan Collins, whom I wrote about earlier. Dan got this reel from his fiddle teacher John McGrath of Co. Mayo. The setting of this tune is unique for its wonderful second part and a colorful contrast when compared to the more common west Clare version that we know as ‘Bean Tinceiri,’ or ‘The Tinker Man’s Woman.’
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