Annotation:Dermot O'Dowd

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 DERMOT O'DOWD (Diarmaid Ua Dubda). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (O'Neill/Krassen): AB (Johnson, O'Neill/1850). The melody has been attributed to harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738)--Francis O'Neill (1903), for one, included it in his section of Carolan compositions. However, according to authority Donal O'Sullivan (1958), the air is not a composition of the bard. The melody originally was collected and printed by Bunting (1796 and again in 1809).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 2000; p. 1. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 233. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 653, p. 117.  Recorded sources: Fortuna 005, Patrick Bell - "Celtic Harp: The Music of Turlough O'Carolan" (1982).

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