Also known as “Russell’s,” “Slieve Russell,” or “Sliabh Rosín,” this popular session tune in the key of A minor is associated with the great uilleann piper Seamus Ennis, who recorded it in a medley with the “Sixpenny Money” jig. The virtuosic band Lúnasa also performed “Sliabh Russell” as the middle tune in a jig medley. The tune is named for Sliabh Russell, a modest mountain that straddles the border between County Cavan (Republic of Ireland) and County Fermanagh (UK). In this video, Flynn shows you the A part, with a particular emphasis on how to ornament the tune with left-hard rolls and right-hand triplets.
