The Flowers of Limerick
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Flowers of Limerick", in Gaelic "Blata Luimnig" is part of a large <br> and varied tune family whose members go by numerous titles with settings<br> in various modes, from major (ionian) to dorian as well as mixed modes.<br> Related tunes include "The Bunch of Keys", "The Ewe (or Ewie) with the Crooked Horn" and<br> "Paddy On the Turnpike".<br> The tune is also known as "The Boys of the Spuds", "Bunch of Kemp", "Jackson's Last Reel",<br> "Lady Elmer’s Reel", "Cairngorm Brooch", "Cronin's Favorite", "Dancer's Reel",<br> "The Last House in Connaught", "The Mills are Grinding", "The Old Reel", "Old Town Reel" or<br> "Telephone Reel". It is an Irish reel in G Major (O'Neill) or G Dorian/Major (Allan).<br> The parts are played ABCD (O'Neill) or AABB (Allan).<br> It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Giblin's Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music (1928),<br> McDermott's Allan's Irish Fiddler (c. 1920's),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907) and<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).<br> It was recorded by Brendan Mulvihill on My Love is in America (1991) and<br> Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington and Paul De Grae on The Smoky Chimney (1996).<br>
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