X: 1 T: McFadden's Handsome Daughter (A major) R: Reel C: composed by fiddle player John McFadden (1847-1913, Co. Mayo, later Chicago) N: Originally in A major, but also played in G major O: Ireland N: Chords: | A - | Bm A | A D | E A | N: | A - | Bm A | A D | E A || N: | A - | A E | A D | E A | N: | A - | E - | D - | E A |] N: | A - | A Bm | A - | E A | N: | A - | A Bm | A D | E A |] 𝄌 A |] L: 1/8 Q: 1/4=180 M: 4/4 K: A major % 3 sharps N: N: Tune only: N: ========== N: E3 F A2 cA | B2Bc ec AF | E2 FG A2af | ecBd cA AF | N: E3 F A2 cA | B2Bc ec AF | E2 FG A2af | ecBd cA~A2 |] N: aece fg af | edcA BA FA | ae ce fgaf | edcB AB ce | N: aece ae cA | B2Bc BA FA | ag fe fgaf | edcB AB cd |] N: e3 f ec~c2 | ecac bB~B2 | ce ef ecAF | EFAB cA Ac | N: e3 f ec~c2 | ecac bB~B2 | c/d/e fg a3 f | e2ef ae cA |] O E8 |] N: N: Tune with Chords: N: ================= "A" E3 F A2 cA | "Bm" B2Bc "A" ec AF | "A" E2 FG "D" A2af | "E" ecBd "A" cA AF | "A" E3 F A2 cA | "Bm" B2Bc "A" ec AF | "A" E2 FG "D" A2af | "E" ecBd "A" cA~A2 |] "A" aece fg af | "A" edcA "E" BA FA | "A" ae ce "D" fgaf | "E" edcB "A" AB ce | "A" aece ae cA | "E" B2Bc BA FA | "D" ag fe fgaf | "E" edcB "A" AB cd |] "A" e3 f ec~c2 | "A" ecac "Bm" bB~B2 | "A" ce ef ecAF | "E" EFAB "A" cA Ac | "A" e3 f ec~c2 | "A" ecac "Bm" bB~B2 | "A" c/d/e fg "D" a3 f | "E" e2ef "A" ae cA |] O "A" E8 |] N: D: 1974: Castle Céilí Band: Castle Céilí Band (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1978: Matt Molloy (flute), Paul Brady (guitar): Molloy, Brady, Peoples (titled 'McFaddens Handsome Daughter') D: 1980: Séamus McGuire (fiddle) & Manus McGuire (fiddle): Humours of Lissadell (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1980: Mick Moloney (banjo): Strings Attached (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1981: Cathal Hayden (banjo) & Arty McGlynn: Handed Down (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1981: The Bridge Céilí Band (Portarlington, Co. Laois): Céilí Time in Ireland, Vol. 1 (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1991: Four Men and a Dog (Cathal Hayden, Donal Murphy, Brian McGrath, Mick Daly & Gino Lupari): Barking Mad (first of three tunes in 'McFaddens Reels' set. titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1992: The McPeake Family & Paul Burns (flute): Back Home in Belfast (second of two tunes in the 'Crosses of Armagh' set) D: 1992: Terry Crehan (fiddle) & Matt Molloy (flute): Music at Matt Molloy's (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1993: Seamus Creagh (fiddle): Came The Dawn (titled 'Gan Ainm') D: 1995: John McCusker: John McCusker (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1996: Tabache: Are You Willing? (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1996: The Bridge Céilí Band: Irish Ceili (last of three tunes in 'Murphys' set) D: 1997: Solas (Seamus Egan (banjo), John Doyle, Winifred Horan & John Williams): Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1997: Mick Moloney (banjo): The Dance Music of Ireland - Jigs and Reels (Compilation, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 1998: Patricia Daly: Harping Daly (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2000: The London Lasses (Bernie Conneely, Elaine Conwell, Karen Ryan & Sharon Whelton) and Pete Quinn: The London Lasses and Pete Quinn (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2000: Fallen Off a Truck: Stolen (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2001: Mick Conneely (fiddle): Selkie (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter / Iníon Dhathúil Mhic Pháidín') D: 2002: Trouble in the Kitchen (Adrian Barker, Ben Stephenson, Kate Burke & Joe Ferguson): When the World Was Wide ... (last of four tunes in 'The Beauty Spot' set, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2002: John Whelan (accordion) & Patrick Mangan (fiddle): From the Heart - Traditional Irish Music (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2002: Eilish O’Connor: Sugrú (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2002: Rosie Shipley & Matt Mulqueen: At Home (first of four tunes in the 'Fiddle Reels' set) D: 2003: Michael Hynes (flute) & Denis Liddy (fiddle): Waifs and Strays (last of three tunes in th 'Castle Reels' set, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2003: Shannon Heaton (flute), Matt Heaton (guitar) & George Keith (fiddle): Dearga (last of three tunes in the 'Road to Garrison' set, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2003: Richard Greene: Hands Across the Pond (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2004: The Dunne Family / The Suffering Duck Ceili Band (Mickey Dunne, Niamh Dunne & Bríd Dunne): Legacy (titled 'McFaddens') D: 2004: Zeb: Musical Priest (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2006: Corner House / Davey Mathias (guitar), Andi Hearn (fiddle) & Beanie Odell (fiddle): The Friendly Visit (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2006: Seamus Egan & Sam Amidon: The American Wake Soundtrack (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2006: Kevin Burke: In Concert (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2006: Molly’s Revenge: Raise the Rafters (last of four tunes in 'The Wimmer Set') D: 2007: Matt Molloy (flute), John Carty (fiddle) & Arty McGlynn (guitar): Pathway to the Well (last of four tunes in the 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter Set', titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2008: Baal Tinne: The Haunting (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2008: Alistair McCulloch: Wired Up (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2008: Jimmy Keane (piano accordion) & Seán Cleland (fiddle): Comhaltas Live #289-1 (titled 'Mc Fadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2008: Gudrun Walther, Jürgen Treyz & Claus Steinort: Spirit of the Celtic Dance (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2009: Cathal Hayden: Live in Belfast (last of three tunes in the 'Down the Brooms' set) D: 2010: Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle): Súgach Sámh / Happy Out (third of four tunes in the 'Top It Off' set, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2013: Tommy McCarthy & Louise Costello: Grace Bay (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2014: Catriona McKay, Chris Stout & Seamus Begley: Begley McKay Stout (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2014: Tom McConville: Back to Scotswood (last tune in 'The Sand Dancer' set) D: 2015: Socks in the Frying Pan / Fiachra Hayes (fiddle), Shane Hayes (accordion) & Aodán Coyne (guitar): Return of the Giant Sock Monsters from Outer Space (second of three tunes in 'The Invasion' set, titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2015: Sarah O'Gorman (fiddle), Clara Mannion (concertina) & Clare Fennell (flute): Comhaltas Live #479-15 (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2015: Quilty: Apples in Winter (second of three tunes in 'A Punch in the Dark' set) D: 2016: Poor Man’s Gambit: Kind Providence (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2016: Andrew Finn Magill: Roots (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2017: Muireann Hickey & Lisa Shine (Fiddle & Concertina): Comhaltas Live #537-04 (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2018: Seán Heely: Edge of the Bow (last of four tunes in 'The Donegal Connection' set) D: 2019: The Kilfenora Céilí Band: Both Sides Now (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2019: Steve Crawford & Sabrina Palm: Two (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2020: The Morning Star: The Morning Star (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2020: Fredriks Kompani: Many Rivers to Cross (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2020: The Bog Band (USA), Brendan Mulvihill, Donna Long, Josh Dukes & Jesse Winch: Our Voyage With Brendan (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2020: Aneta Dortová & Emanuele De Simone: Tunes of the Travelling Dance Masters (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2020: Benedict Morris, Cameron Ross, Catherine Tinney, Hannah Rarity, Luc McNally & Ross Miller: Young Trad Tour 2019 (Compilation, last tune in 'Benedict's Set') D: 2020-2026: Matt & Shannon Heaton: Virtual Guided Sessions (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2021: The Whistler: 101 Tunes on the Tin Whistle (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2021: Eddie Costello: Songs and Tunes (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2025: Brian Conway: Wallace Avenue (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2025: Christy Sheridan: Between the Frets (titled 'McFadden's Handsome Daughter') D: 2026: Donall Donnelly & Brian Hanlon: Driven (first of three tunes in the 'Tyrone Tango' set)