It can be a great mistake to asssume a tune that you find in a book is rubbish. It may be that you can't immediately find a wy to play it. Eric the Red started this thread by having a go at "Kitty got a Clinking coming from the races". Now, approaching this as a standard Irish reel might not lead to anything very satisfactory. But I'm sure that this is a lowland Scots or northern English tune. I imagine a Donegal style fiddler could make a very good tune out of this, but a more southern Irish approach might very well not work at all. But play this in a session in Edinburgh, or Cumbria, and then you'd see what the tune is for. It's a belter!