Fal Carragh

[michael sam wild]

I've been having fun with a hornpipe in G from a 1994 CD by Turas featuring Padraig Rynne and pals. It a tune called Fal Carragh.

Has anyone any info on the source?

 

I met Turas in Ennis and got the CD from them, they were young and had an exciting sound. Very little on Google about them and what they are doing now

[Guest Peter Laban]

Tommy Potts used to play a tune called the Falcarragh but this is a reel, named after a place in Donegal if I remember correctly.

 

 

The 'Fal Carragh' hornpipe appears t obe a composition by Alf Duggan, guitar player from Ennis, Co Clare.

 

Edited June 19, 2009 by Peter Laban

[michael sam wild]

Thanks Peter, that adds another piece to my jigsaw puzzle. I got out my Tommy Potts 'Liffey Banks' CD and realised it was a different tune. What a unique style he has, a bit too florid for me, like Sean McGuire, but always worth a listen

 

I think Fal carragh means The Rocky Wall ( carragh, crag, creag, carreg etc) I note that the village was also called The Crossroads or Robertstown .

I met Alf in the 90s when he was playing in sessions round Ennis with Tommy Peoples. , a nice guy and a great guitarist. It's a nice hornpipe which plays well dotted or undotted.

Edited June 20, 2009 by michael sam wild