Bridge of Portumna (The)

 BRIDGE OF PORTUMNA. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Composed by accordion player Martin Mulhaire, originally from Eyrecourt, County Galway a veteran of the Aughrim Slopes, Killimor and Tulla Ceili Band in his youth. He emigrated to the United States around 1960, and has long been a resident of Queens. The bridge near Portumna, Galway, spans the River Shannon. A wooden structure erected in 1795, but dilapidated by the mid-1800's, was replaced by a sturdier stone span that allowed river traffic to pass under.

X: 1 T: Bridge of Portumna M: 4/4 L: 1/8 Q: 350 R: reel Z: Transcribed by Bill Black C: M. Mulhaire K: A ed | c2 ec dcBA | EAAG A3 B | cA A2 eA A2 | B=G G2 DGBd | c2 ec dcBA | EAAG A3 B | cAeA aAeA | Bd=GB d2 cd || e2 ae beae | (3efe ae d2 cd | B=g g2 bg g2 | edBc d2 cd | e2 ae beae | (3efe ae d2 cd | B=g g2 bg g2 | edBc d2 ed || ceAc eAce | aeca ecae | fedc dcBA | GABc dfed | ceAc eAce | aeca ecae | fedc dfaf | ecdB A4 ||

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