The Concertina Reel

Willie Clancy, the Clare piper, said he had this reel from his mother, a concertina player and singer from Ennistymon, and that concertina players of long ago were especially fond of it. Breac Breathnach printed Clancy's version in G with the two parts swapped as "Ríl Liam," Willie's Reel.

The name causes some confusion. "The Old Concertina Reel" can mean this tune or a different one also called "John Kelly's," so this one is sometimes called "The New Concertina Reel." Irish players usually take it in D, and some Scottish versions are in A.