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MRS. O'CONOR [2]. Irish, Air (whole time). G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) finds the subject of the title to be Mary (Molly), daughter of Colonel Tierman O'Rourke and wife of Denis O'Conor of Belanagare (see "Talk:Denis O'Conor (1)"). See also note for "annotation:Owen O'Rourke" for more.

Source for notated version: John Lee, A Favourite Collection of so much admired old Irish airs, the genuine and original compositions of Carolan, the celebrated Irish Bard (Dublin, 1780) [O'Sullivan].

Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 124, p. 90. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 124, p. 168.

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