This is my instrumental version of Star Of The County Down, played here in waltz time. I don’t get around to doing anywhere near as much fingerstyle guitar playing as I’d like to these days but I’ve been wanting to record this one for awhile so…… A few months ago I sent my 1983 Maton FG100 to the Maton factory …

I learnt the first jig from the Mulcahy Family who have been a rich source of tunes for me over a long period of time.They have a great way of playing tunes. The second tune is normally played in G but I was messing about with it one night and it somehow ended up in F! Anyway the capo is …