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X:1 T:Gatehouse Maid [1], The R:Reel D:Planxty: After the Break D:Irish Dance Music (ed. Reg Hall) D:Joe Flanagan 1925 Z:id:hn-reel-329 Z: transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:C| L:1/8 K:Ador A2 (3Bcd edBA|~G3A GED2|A2 (3Bcd edBd|1 egdB BAdB:|2 egdB BAA2||a2ea agef|g2dg egdg|a2ea agab|gedB BA A2| ~a3b agef|~g3a g2ge|dega (3bag ab|gedB BAAG|| P:"Version 2" K:A mix A2 (3Bcd edBA|G2BG dGBG|A2 (3Bcd edBA|BEED EAA2| A2 (3Bcd edBA|~G3F GABc|A2 (3Bcd edBA|BEED EA A2|| eaag eaag|efgf efgf|eaag eaag|edef ged2| ea~a2 baag|edef ged2|ea~a2 baag|edef gedB||

GATEHOUSE MAID [1], THE (Ainnir Tí an Gheata). Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Paddy Killoran (1904-1965), originally from Ballymote, County Sligo, recorded the tune in November, 1937, in New York for Decca Records, pairing it (as the second tune) with "Down the Broom." The medley is still frequently played in modern Irish music sessions. "Gatehouse Maid" has been called part of the core South Sligo repertoire. Fr. John Quinn finds the tune related to the Scottish strathspey "Miss Drummond of Perth (1)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - piper John McAloon, 1968 (Co. Fermanagh and Belfast, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Gus Collins (Bronx, N.Y.) [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 233, p. 119. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 3), 1976, No. 35. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 145, p. 44. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 302, p. 174. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 45, p. 12.

Recorded sources : - Coleman Center CD CC004, Seamus Quinn & James McDonagh - "The Mountain Road" (1999. Various artists. "A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo"). Decca 12145 (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran [1] (1937). Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough - "Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [3]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [4]

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