This is a tune that I wrote a few years ago, based on the Conamara song ‘Cóilín Phádraig Shéamais’ by Pádraig Ó hAoláin. When I moved back to Conamara, it was the first song I heard when I walked into a session in Tigh Hughes. If you know the song, you might hear elements of it in this jig.
Go hálainn Toner, bheadh Phádraig thar a bheith sásta le seo gan dabht. Ceapaim go raibh an tá orainn go raibh sé ábalta é a chloisteáil uair amháin a sheinim tú é sa Músaeum cúpla blian ó shin nuair a bhí mé ag obair ansin? Ar aon nós ag cloisteáil anseo ar maidin san ísiltír.