Paddy Fitzgerald is one of the best Irish music box players you will ever meet. He runs several pub sessions around Melbourne and at festivals across Australia. He is also in high demand for ceili dances. Paddy has a huge repertoire of reels, hornpipes, jigs and polkas. Although at most of his sessions you will find that he is especially fond of reels. Below is a list reel sets that he commonly plays at his sessions.
1. The Pigeon on the Gate, Over the Moor to Maggie
2. Christmas Eve, The Foxhunter
3. Devaney’s Goat, Last Nights Fun and The Abbey Reel
4. The Belharbour, Swinging on the Gate
5. The Boys of the Lough, The Bird in the Tree and The Silver Spear
6. The Shaskeen, Lady Ann Montgomery, and Maud Miller
7. The Shannon Breeze, The Lady of the Island and The Stony Steps
8. The Swallow Tail, The Sligo Maid and The Sally Garden’s
9. Tar Bolton, The Longford Collector and The Sailor’s Bonnet
10. The Fermoy Lassies, Sportin Paddy
11. The Scholar, The Teatotlar and St Anne’s
12. The Maid Behind the Bar, The Reel Rio, Paddy on the Railroad, and Sheehans
13. Kitty Gone a Milking, Lucky in Love and Corney is Coming
14. Drowsy Maggie, Cooley’s and The Rossmore Jetty
15. The Concertina Reel, The Mountain Road and Tom Wards Downfall
16. The Skylark, The Wise Maid and The Humors of Tulla
17. The Boyne Hunt, Come West Along the Road
18. The Glaun Tan, The Sandymont
19. Miss Monaghan, The Cup of Tea and The Earl’s Chair