Annotation:Din Tarrant's (1)

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 DIN TARRANT'S [1]. AKA and see "I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue [1]." Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Din Tarrant was a Sliabh Luachra regional fiddler, an exponent of the "house party" style of fiddling (less ornamentation in the left-hand, less slurring with the bow) as contrasted with the more famous Sliabh Luachra style of fiddling typefied by Paddy O'Keeffe, Dennis Murphy and Julie Clifford.  Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan].  Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 73, p. 42.  Recorded sources: Topic 12T357, Johnny O'Leary - "Music for the Set" (1977). See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

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