"The Road to Lisdoonvarna"

No personal notes.

Under their "Comments" tab for this tune in the Sessions website (see here, as well as below), there exists one of the most lengthy as well as interesting discussions about the differences between slides and jigs, both single and double. I'm not sure if the topic was resolved or not.

The discussion referred to above is attached to the version of the tune listed as a 'Slide' in 'E dorian'. There is also a version there listed as a 'Reel' in 'D mixolydian',

The Fiddler's Companion lists two versions; one as a Slide (Single Jig) and as a Reel. it has the following to say about the title town;

Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, was formerly a spa town where Victorian society partook of the mineral waters that were thought to have healing properties. It is located north and inland of the famous coastline Cliffs of Moher, in the rocky region called the Burren. The town is more famous now-a-days, particularly for tourists, as the location of an annual match-making festival.

As a reel, it is also known as "All the Way to Galway," "The Galway Girls," "High Way to Galloway," "Sarsfield March," "The March of the Tribes to Galway," "Slash Away the Pressing Gang," "Yankee Doodle Dandy." The version we do, however, is closest to the Slide, so I do not list these alternate names.