Annotation:Doctor O'Neill (2)

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 DOCTOR O'NEILL [2]. AKA and see "Barney O'Neill." Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman (1828-1896). Goodman, who spoke Irish and played the uilleann pipes, collected from tradition in Cork and elsewhere in Munster, as well as obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed sources. Francis O'Neill prints the tune as "Barney O'Neill."  Source for notated version: Rev. James Goodman manuscripts (Cork, mid-19th century) [Shields]  Printed sources: Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 63, p. 29.  Recorded sources:

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