Colliers Reel/Gorman’s Reel

Colliers Reel/Gorman’s Reel

These reels have recently been brought back into my repertoire and so has this fiddle! Still in the process of moving in and building furniture, but we’ve finally been able to put some instrument hangers on the walls. Now my old fiddle has a permanent place out of the case for fresh air and an occasional tune!

I’ve been away from the tune videos for a while, but why not bring them back occasionally :)

Colliers Reel — I wasn’t able to find a composer on this tune, but the classic recordings of this tune are endless it seems.
Starting with the one and only Leo Rowsome: Classics of Irish Piping (   • The Collier's Reel / The Sligo Maid  ) and onto Willie Clancy: The Gold Ring (   • Reel: The Colliers  ).
Some fantastic lilting from Josie McDermott (   • The Collier's Reel/The Bank of Irelan...  )
If I couldn’t enjoy a tune even more, we have this tune on the Tommy Peoples: Waiting for a Call (   • Reels: The Colliers / Bob McQuillen's...  ) this time in a Gmix.
Martin Hayes on a completely take on the tune in every way (   • The Colliers/Johnny's Wedding  )
One of my favorite players Feral Scahill with his infamous tunes a day (   • Fergal Scahill's fiddle tune a day 20...  )
Mick McAuley & Paddy Cleere - Collier's, Ryan's Reels | Snugcheol | TG4 (   • Mick McAuley & Paddy Cleere - Collier...  )
Paddy Keenan: Poirt an Phíobaire (   • The Monaghan Twig / Collier's  )

Gormans Reel — I found mostly going by ‘Sporting Nell’
Double Fiddle duo P.J. Hayes · Martin Hayes: The Shores of Lough Graney (   • Sporting Nell / Toss the Feathers Reels  )
Love a fiddle/concertina duo! Ben Lennon and Tony O’Connell: Rossinver Braes (   • Sporting Nell/The Crooked Road to Dublin  )
Martin Hayes again in the Tulla Ceili Band: 60th Anniversary album (   • Johnny Allen's Reel / Sporting Nell /...  )
The powerful box playing of Billy McComiskey & Brendan Dolan:Johnny Allen's/Sporting Nell: Catskills Irish 2016 #44 (   • Billy McComiskey & Brendan Dolan:John...  )
He also recorded the tune on his ‘Makin' The Rounds’ album (   • Johnny Allen's/Sporting Nell (Reels)  )
More Martin Hayes! The Teetotalers (Martin Hayes, Kevin Crawford, & John Doyle) (   • 04 Clare Reel, The East Clare Reel, S...  )
And then last but not least, I’ll leave y’all with Feral Schaill’s tune a day :) (   • Fergal Scahill's fiddle tune a day 20...  )


More information on recordings of the tunes I find at:
Colliers - https://www.irishtune.info/tune/359/
Gormans (Sporting Nell) - https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1813/