John Egan's Item Info
- Title:
- John Egan's
- Sound Cloud:
- Description:
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John Egan from County Sligo lived in Dublin, and he had a distinctive West of Ireland style of playing the flute. He and his musical colleagues formed a music club in that city, made up mostly of fiddle and flute players. John Egan's repertoire was much admired and he was most generous in passing these tunes to some of the younger musicians who played alongside him.
The reel played on this recording is named for him. It is played by flutist Kevin Crawford. Kevin had spent a few hours recording tunes for me in the home of my brother Martin and his wife Pauline in Ennis, County Clare. The tea was made, and we all sat down to listen to the recordings Kevin had just completed. Somehow, unfortunately, the digital recorder had been unplugged before the tracks could be saved (the electric kettle of course had needed to be plugged in and the water boiled!) with the sad result that every tune that Kevin had recorded was erased. I was so upset at the time, but the wonderful person that Kevin is just said, 'What harm, we'll do them again', and he did! Thanks, Kevin, for being so gracious and understanding.
P.S. It has come to our attention that the composer of this reel is Sligo flute player James Murray.
- Publisher:
- Séamus Connolly, Boston College Libraries
- Creator:
- Crawford, Kevin
- Type:
- Some transcriptions are based on historical source recordings. More info.
- Subjects:
- Folk dance music Reels Flute music Egan, John
- Playlist:
- Playlist 02
- Collection:
- Reels
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Crawford, Kevin, "John Egan's", The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music, accessed July 10, 2025, https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/585.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/connolly/document/585.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.