About John Rea
Born in 1915 (some sources say 1922), John was the youngest of ten children. His six older brothers were all taught to play the fiddle by his father. However, as he was too small, his father had a dulcimer made by John's brother Alexander (a carpenter), using a borrowed dulcimer as a pattern, and that became John's instrument. This instrument was in turn used as the pattern for many other instruments made for other local people. In contrast to the wooden hammers generally employed by today's players
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Coil The Hawser / Lord Macdonald - Reels
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Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't/The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
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The Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights Of Man
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Whistle O'er the Lave O' It / The Braes Of Tullimet / Scudding Through The Whins
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Little Circus of Horrors
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Highlands: Whistle O'er the Lave O't / The Braes of Tulimet and Reel: Scudding Through the Whins
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The Three Sea Captains
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Techno Techno!
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Set Dance: The Three Sea Captains
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Reels: the Sailor on the Rope / The Bonny Bunch of Roses
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The Ladies Of France / Jackson's Trip To Aughrim / Jackson's Return From Dover
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Groove Thang
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Jigs: Bundle and Go / The Jug O' Punch
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Jigs: the Kinnegad Slashers / The Tenpenny Bit
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Treppenmusik
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Hornpipes: the Belfast Hornpipe / The Rights of Man
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Reels: the Galway Reel / Dinny O'brien's Reel
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Jig and Strathspey: Kitty's Fancy / Lady Anne Hope
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The Plains Of Boyle / Jackson's Slippers
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Jigs: the Ladies of France / Jackson's Trip to Aughrim / Jackson's Return from Dover
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Hornpipe and Jig: the Plains of Boyle / Jackson's Slippers
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Reels: the Boys of Ballycastle / The Five Mile Heat
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The Mountain Hornpipe / The Kingston Hornpipe
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Reels: Roaring Mary / Tim Moloney
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Roaring Mary / Tim Moloney
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Set Dance and Highland: St Patrick's Day / Duncan Davidson
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Reels: The Galway Reel/Dinny O'brien's Reel
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The Belfast Hornpipe - The Rights Of Man
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Jigs: The Ladies of France/Jackson's Trip to Aughrim/Jackson's Return from Dover
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St Patrick's Day / Duncan Davidson
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Hornpipes: the Mountain Hornpipe / The Kingston Hornpipe
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The Mountain Lark/Crooked Road to Dublin (Reels)
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Portrait of a Man In Elysian Fields
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The Belfast Hornpipe/The Rights of Man
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An Buachaill Caol Dubh (The Dark Slender Boy) [Air] Drops of Brandy [Slip Jig]
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Moloney's/Paddy O'brien's (Jigs)
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Coil the Hawser/Lord Mcdonald (Reels)
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Live Forever
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Kitty's Fancy / Lady Anne Hope
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St. Patrick's Day/Duncan Davidson
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Crowley's No. 1 & 2 (Reels)
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Blind Mary (Air)
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Madame Bonaparte/O'dwyer's Hornpipe (Hornpipes)
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Alexandria's/Higgin's (Hornpipes)
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The Sligo Maid/Sheehan's (Reels)
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Jigs: Bundle and Go/The Jug O' Punch
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Reels: The Boys of Ballycastle/The Five Mile Heat
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The Maid in the Meadow/The Castlebar Races/Trip to the Cottage (Jigs)
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First House in Connaught/The Copperplate (Reels)
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Jackson's Drum/Jackson's Mistake/Jackson's Coagy (Jigs)
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