McElligott's Fancy

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Theme code Index	5566 553H2H
Also known as	Buck From the Mountain (The), Clog du couronnement, Clog du petit mousse, Hanover Hornpipe, Minstrel's Fancy, Pioneer Clog (The), Roga Mic Elligott
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1778, p. 331
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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McElligott's Fancy: Annotations

X:1 T:Hornpipe, A T:McElligott's Fancy M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Michael B. Shanhan S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 38) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. N:Reidy told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy N:(i.e. in London or Ireland). F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F>G|AFAc BGBd|AFAd f2 ed|ceaf edcd|(3efe (3dcB A2 FG| AFAc BGBd|AFAd f2 ed|ceaf edcd|e2d2d2:| |:e>f|gfed (3cde (3ABc|dcde f2 df|afge (3def (3Adf|(3efe (3dcB A2 FG| AFAc BGBd|AFAd f2 ed|ceaf edcd|e2 d2d2:|]

X:1 T:McElligott's Hornpipe S:Belfast piper R.L. O'Mealy (1873-1947), c. 1945 N:From a handwritten lesson mss. M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe B:Séan Reid Society Journal No. 1 (March, 1999) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FG|{c}(A>F)A>d {c}(B>G)B>d|{c}(AF)Ad f2 e(f|[a}g>)(fg>)e cA(3Bcd|(3efe (3dcB A2 FG| {c}(A>F)A>d {c}(B>G)B>d|{c}(AF)Ad f2 e(f|{a}g>fg>)e cABc|d2f2d2:| |:ef|{a}g>fg>)e cABc|d>cd>e {a}f2 ef|{a}(g>fg>)e cA(3Bcd|(3efe (3dcB {c}A2 FG| {c}(A>F)A>d {c}(B>G)B>d|{c}(AF)Ad {a}f2 ef|{a}(g>fg>)e cABc|d2f2d2||

McElligott's Fancy: Annotations