Annotation:Humors of Tuamgraney

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 HUMOURS OF TUAMGRANEY (Pléaráca Thuaim Gréine). AKA - "Humors of Tuaimgréine." AKA and see "Biddy Mickey's," "Loch Leven Castle/Loch Lavan Castle," "Loch Gamhna," "Silver Street Lasses," "Tomgraney Castle (1)," "Tuamgraney Castle." Irish, Hornpipe. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Tuamgraney is a place-name from east Clare. Tuaimgreine church is by Lough Derg and recent visitors to it have reported finding a video presentation on the history of the place with a soundtrack featuring fiddler Seamus Maguire playing the tune. In Scotland the same tune is played as a reel called "Loch Leven Castle." "Fitzgerald's Hornpipe (1)" is a related tune.  Sources for notated versions: accordionist Paddy O'Brien, 1970 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].  Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 310, p. 158. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dances of Ireland), 1971; 23. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 273, p. 84.  Recorded sources: Larraga Records MOR 1302, Mike Rafferty - "Speed 78" (2004).  See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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