X: 1 T: Hand Me Down the Tackle (D major) / Hand Me Down the Tackling / Reidy Johnston / The Pure Drop / Tom Steele / Thomas Steele's Reel / Tomás Stíl R: Reel C: traditional O: Ireland Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber S: learned from the playing of Hans Mohr and Walter Lelle in 2025 N: Chords: | D - | D A | D - | G A | N: | D - | D A | D - | G A :| N: | D - | D A | D - | G A | N: | D - | D A | D - | G A | N: | D - | D A | D - | G A | N: | D - | G A | D - | G A |] L: 1/8 Q: 1/4=180 M: 4/4 K: D major % 2 sharps N: N: Tune only N: ========= N: dD D/D/D ADFA | df af gfec | dD D/D/D ADFA | GFEF GABc | N: dD D/D/D ADFA | df af gfeg | fd g/f/e dBAF | GFEF GABc :| N: d2 fd Adfd | d/d/d fd cdec | d2 fd Adfd | BGEF GABc | N: d2 fd Adfd | d/d/d fd cdeg | fd g/f/e dBAF | GFEF GABc | N: d2 fd Adfd | d/d/d fd cdec | d2 fd Adfd | BGEF GABd | N: a3 b afdf | gf ef g2ag | fd g/f/e dBAF | GFEF GABc |] d8 |] N: N: Tune with Chords: N: ================= "D" dD D/D/D ADFA | "D" df af "A" gfec | "D" dD D/D/D ADFA | "G" GFEF "A" GABc | "D" dD D/D/D ADFA | "D" df af "A" gfeg | "D" fd g/f/e dBAF | "G" GFEF "A" GABc :| "D" d2 fd Adfd | "D" d/d/d fd "A" cdec | "D" d2 fd Adfd | "G" BGEF "A" GABc | "D" d2 fd Adfd | "D" d/d/d fd "A" cdeg | "D" fd g/f/e dBAF | "G" GFEF "A" GABc | "D" d2 fd Adfd | "D" d/d/d fd "A" cdec | "D" d2 fd Adfd | "G" BGEF "A" GABd | "D" a3 b afdf | "G" gf ef "A" g2ag | "D" fd g/f/e dBAF | "G" GFEF "A" GABc |] "D" d8 |] N: D: 1930: The Flanagan Brothers (Joe, Louis & Mike Flanagan): The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 1962: Maguire, Sean & The Four Star Quartet: Music of Ireland (titled 'Reidy Johnston') D: 1975: Noel Hill (concertina) & Tony MacMahon: In Knocknagree / I gCnoc na Graí (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 1975: Pumpkinhead: Pumpkinhead (titled 'Hand Me Down The Tackling') D: 1976: Gwendal: Rainy Day (untitled, second and last tune in 'The Walls of Liscarroll' set) D: 1977: Paddy Cronin: Kerry’s Own (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 1977: Pierre Bensusan: 2 (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 1978: Seán Mac Lochlainn: Na Ceirníní 78 1957-1960 (Compilation, titled 'Tomás Stíl', played after 'Cathaoian Iarla, aka. The Earl's Chair') D: 1980: Seamus McGuire (fiddle) & Manus McGuire (fiddle), with Terry Rudden (guitar): Humours of Lissadell (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1986: Frankie Gavin, Paul Brock & Charlie Lennon: Ómós do Joe Cooley / A Tribute to Joe Cooley (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1986: Séamus Meehan (piano accordion) & Paul O'Shaughessy (fiddle): Music for the Sets, Vol. 1 - Round The House (in Clare Plain Set, Figure 3, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1988: Ronan Browne (B uilleann pipes) & Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle): The South West Wind (titled 'Hand Me down the Tackle / The Hielander's Kneebuckle') D: 1989: Oisín: Jeannie C (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1991: Paddy Glackin (fiddle): In Full Spate / Rabharta Ceoil (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1991: Frankie Gavin (fiddle): Frankie Goes to Town (untitled, last tune in 'The Humours of Galway' set) D: 1991: Robbie Hannan: The Drones and the Chanters, Vol. 2 (Compilation, titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 1992: Michael Coleman (1891-1945, fiddle): Ceotóir Mórthionchair na hAoise (titled 'Reidy Johnson's') D: 1992: Hugh Gillespie (fiddle): Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 1993: Conor Keane (accordion): Cooley's House (last tune in 'The Kilmaley Set', titled 'Hand me Down the Tackle') D: 1993: Oisín (Geraldine MacGowan, Anne Conroy & Shay MacGowan): Celtic Dream (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1993: Seamus Ennis (1919-1982, C# uilleann pipes): The Pure Drop (titled 'The Pure Drop / Hand Me down the Tackle') D: 1994: Declan Masterson (uilleann pipes): End of the Harvest / Deireadh An Fhómhair (titled 'Hand me Down the tackle / Sín Chugam Anuas an Tácla') D: 1994: Karen Tweed (accordion): Drops of Springwater (titled 'Hand Down the Tackle') D: 1994: Antóin MacGabhann (fiddle): Ar Aon Bhuille. Matching Beats (titled 'Dom Anuas an Tácla / Hand me Down the Tackle') D: 1994: Siobhan O'Donnell, Karen Tweed & Andy Cutting: Across the Waters - Irish Traditional Music from England (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1995: Na Connerys: The Session (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1996: John Doherty (1895-1980, fiddle): The Floating Bow (recorded 1968-74, released 1996, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1996: Arty McGlynn (guitar): McGlynn's Fancy (titled 'Hand Down the Tackle') D: 1996: John Carty: Last Night's Fun (titled 'Tom Steele / The Pure Drop / Hand Me down the Tackle / Reidy Johnson's') D: 1996: Natalie MacMaster: A Compilation (third tune in the 'Mountain Road' set) D: 1997: Séamus Ennis (1919-1982, uilleann pipes): The Return from Fingal (titled 'Hand Down the Tackle') D: 1997: Frank Kelly (fiddle): Memories of Hughie Gillespie (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 1997: Na Connerys (Paddy Glackin, Kevin Glackin, Sean Og Potts, John Regan, John Wynne, Tom McDonagh &Mark Kelly): Celtic Sessions (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1997: Eamon Ceant Ceili Band: The Best of the Ceili Bands II (Compilation, titled 'Tom Steel') D: 1998: Séamus Egan, Máire Egan & Aidan Brennan: In Your Ear (titled 'Hand Down the Tackle') D: 1998: Bobby Gardiner (D melodeon): The Clare Shout (titled 'Hand Down the Tackle') D: 1998: Seamus Tansey (flute) & Jim McKillop (fiddle): To Hell with the Begrudgers (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1998: Siobhan O'Donnell, Karen Tweed & Andy Cutting: From a Distant Shore - Irish & Cape Breton Traditional Music (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 1999: The Céilí Bandits (Yvonne Casey, Eoin O'Neill, Quentin Cooper & Kevin Griffin: Hangin' at the Crossroads (second and last tune in the 'Hand Me Down The Tackle' set) D: 1999: P.J. Hernon (G melodeon): P.J. Hernon (titled 'Hand me down the Tackle / Reidy Johnson's / The Pure Drop') D: 1999: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Vol. 11 (second tune in Killyon Set, Figure 4) D: 1999: De Dannan: How the West was won (untitled, last tune in the 'Humours of Galway' set) D: 2001: Watkin Lees (uilleann pipes): Trip Over the Mountain (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2001: Temple House Céilí Band: Music for Sets, Vol. 1 (Clare Lancers Set, Figure 2) D: 2002: Séamus Walshe: Traditional Music of Ireland on Button Accordion (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2002: Brian Conway (fiddle): First through the Gate (titled 'Tom Steele / Hand Me Down the Tackle / Reidy Johnston's') D: 2002: Tom Rota (uilleann pipes): The Jolly Joker (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2003: Con Durham (uilleann pipes): Champions of Ireland - Uilleann Pipes (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2003: Jim McKillop: Tru the Years (Compilation) D: 2004: Sean McLaughlin (fiddle): Seoltaí Séidte / Setting Sail (Compilation, titled 'Tom Steele / The Pure Drop / Hand Me Down the Tackle / Tomás Stíl (Thomas Steele)') D: 2004: Toucan Pirates: Buried Treasure Of The Toucan Pirates (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2005: Bríd Cranitch & Shiela Garry: Irish Session Tunes - The Blue Book & CD (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2005: Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (Bb/F concertina) & Patrick Ourceau (fiddle): Tracin' (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2005: Chris Smith, Roger Landes & Randal Bays: Coyotebanjo (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle / The Pure Drop') D: 2005: Paddy Reynolds: Classic Recordings of the Irish Fiddle Legend (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 2005: Jerry Holland & Doug MacPhee: Parlor Music (second tune in the 'Reel from Eddie Poireer' set) D: 2006: Looney's Fortune: West Coast Irish (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2007: Joe Burke, Brian Conway & Felix Dolan: A Tribute to Andy McGann (titled 'Reidy Johnson's / Ríl Reidy Johnson / Tom Steele / The Drogheda Lasses / The Pure Drop / Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2007: Joe Maguire's Pride of Erne Orchestra: Oldtime Records. Vol. 2. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from 1923 to 1947 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tacklings') D: 2007: Paddy Murphy (concertina): In Good Hands - Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2007: Fiddlehead: The Pure Drop (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2008: Susan Songer, Betsy Branch & Clyde Curley: A Portland Play Along Selection 1 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2008: Fionnuala Mac Cába, Blathnaid Mac Cába & Alva Mac Cába: Comhaltas Live 247-1 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2009: Sheena: Living Hands (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2009: Keith O'Loughlin (mandolin): Comhaltas Live 301-7 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2009: Erin Loughran, Maeve Flanagan & Deirdre Brennan: Comhaltas Live 302-2 (titled 'Tom Steele's') D: 2009: De Dannan: Bringing It All Back Home: The Influence of Irish Music (Compilation, untitled, last tune in the 'Humours of Galway' set) D: 2010: St. Roch’s Céilí Band: Comhaltas Live 336-8 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2011: Leanne Aucoin: All Set (first tune in the 'Tom, Carmel & Sally' set) D: 2011: Skip Gorman: Yankee Porridge (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 2011: Maureen Fahy, Brendan O'Regan & Chris Kelly: Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2011: Waltons: Ireland's Best Session Tunes, Vol. 2 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2012: Mick Doherty (fiddle) & Robert Zielinsky (fiddle): Out West (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2012: Johnny Henry (fiddle): One Out of the Fort (titled 'Reidy Johnson's / Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2012: Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (C melodeon): Seana Choirce (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2012: Stephen Doherty & Patrick Doocey: The Foxford Way (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2013: Johnny Connolly, E. Kelly & P. Higgins: Popular Irish Céilí Dances (last tune in 'The Walls of Liscarroll' set) D: 2013: Sean McNamara, Eamon Coyne & Peggy Peakin: The Long Strand (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 2013: Séamus Ennis (1919-1982): Seoda Ceoil 2 (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2014: Seán McGuire: The Best of Seán McGuire (titled 'Miss Flanagan') D: 2014: Bobby Gardiner (accordion): Comhaltas Live 466-6 (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2015: Nuadàn: Là Laindi Lugha (titled 'Sin Sios An Baoite') D: 2015: Alban Fuam: Tunes from Ireland (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2015: Claire Egan: Turning Tides (jig version!, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2015: Andy Lamy: The New Blackthorn Stick (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2016: Ben Walker & Chris Knowles: The Coming of Spring (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2016: John McCormick (fiddle): The Fiddler's Delight - Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945 (Compilation, second tune in 'Reidy Johnson's Reel' set) D: 2016: Louis E. Quinn (fiddle), James O'Beirne (fiddle) & Patrick Lynch (accordion): The Fiddler's Delight . Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945 (Compilation, first tune in the 'Selection of Reels' set, titled 'Reidy Johnston') D: 2016: Michael Grogan: The Voice of the People - Farewell, My Own Dear Native Land (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2017: Rattle the Knee: Paving and Crigging (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2017: Fergal Scahill: A Fiddle Tune a Day (Day #89, titled 'Hand me down the Tackle') D: 2018: Bobby Gardiner: Melodeon Mad! (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2019: The Eamonn Ceannt Céilí Band: Over The Ocean (titled 'Tom Steele's') D: 2019: Kanako Machida (button accordion) & Brian McGrath (banjo): Jiggin' in Japan (titled 'Head Me Down the Tackle') D: 2019: Sean Ryan & Dan Coughlan: Ryan & Coughlan, Vol. 4 (titled 'Tom Steele's') D: 2020: The Morning Star: The Morning Star - Traditional Music from Ireland and Scotland (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2020-....: Matt & Shannon Heaton: Virtual Guided Sessions D: 2021: Tommy Reck: NPU Series - The Master Pipers, Vol. 4 D: 2021: Tommy Reck: Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Piping Album (Compilation) D: 2021: Patrick Clarke (fiddle): Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album (Compilation, titled 'Reidy Johnson's / Tom Steele / Hand Me Down the Tackling') D: 2021: Hughie Gillespie (fiddle) & Frank Kelly (fiddle): The Sparkling Dawn (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 2021: Mairtin Byrnes with Séamus Ennis (1919-1982, C-Pipes): The Inimitable Mairtin Byrnes (recorded 1938-1984, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2022: Ian McKenna, Joe De Georgeo & Brian Miller: Star of the North (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2022: Leland Martin: Moonlighter (second tune in 'The Big Whoop Set') D: 2022: Seán Ryan & P.J. Moloney: Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 1 (titled 'Tom Steele') D: 2022: The Gally Canters: Live at the Shrub Club (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2022: Bobby Gardiner (melodeon) & Jack Talty (piano): University College Cork von UCC Department of Music (Compilation, titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2023: Laura Flanagan & Evan Powell: Laura Flanagan & Evan Powell (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2023: In the Heather Session (Vancouver): In the Heather (titled 'Hand Me Down the Tackle') D: 2024: Kindlewick Island: Kindlewick Island (titled 'The Pure Drop') D: 2024: LBZH: Mell Mesk (titled 'The Pure Drop')