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Snowed Under, Fire on Cleanrath, Fred Finn's Grandspey (Reels)

from 'twill Do by Shane Meehan

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The first reel came to me during a particularly cold snap in February 2018 when I was snowbound and little to do but pass the time playing the fiddle. It is one of only a few, so far, that I had little to “work out” as it came quite naturally.
Connie O’Connell, the renowned Cork fiddler and composer, wrote the second tune which I heard it first being played by Conor McEvoy.
Following these two is a beautiful version of what is commonly known as The Grand Spey which is of Scottish or Northumberland derivation. While this version of the tune comes from the playing of Fred Finn and was published by Bernard Flaherty in his book Trip to Sligo, the original tune was a strathspey called Grant’s Strathpey. This title comes from a collection published c.1790 by Donald Grant – hence the name. Since then the name has become corrupted to include The Grant of Strathspey, The Grand Spey, and even to The Graff Spee after the German WW2 ship. Robert Burns also used the melody for one of his songs in 1794.

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