Chestnut Hill Item Info
- Title:
- Chestnut Hill
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
- This reel was composed by Séamus McGuire in honour of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, the location of Boston College. Séamus was invited to teach and perform at the Boston College Gaelic Roots Festival. He plays his tune here with his brother Manus McGuire on fiddle and Garry O'Briain on mandocello and piano. Séamus, Manus, and Garry were also part of the teaching staff at the University's Gaelic Roots Festival.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- McGuire, Séamus McGuire, Manus O'Briain, Garry
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Reels Fiddle tunes
- Playlist:
- Playlist 05
- Collection:
- Reels
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- McGuire, Séamus ;McGuire, Manus ;O'Briain, Garry, "Chestnut Hill", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed June 4, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/616.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/616.html
Rights
- Rights:
- This website was created through a partnership with Séamus Connolly and the Boston College Libraries (2016). All materials on this site may be freely shared and adapted according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.