Annotation:Katty Nowlan (1)

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 KATTY/KITTY NOWLAN [1] (Caitilín Ní Nuallain). AKA and see "Caitilín Ní Uallacháin." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. John O'Daly published a song called "Caitilín Ní Uallacháin" in his Poets and Poetry of Munster (1850).  Source for notated version: "From Paddy Coneely" the Galway piper [Stanford/Petrie]; "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant and fiddler James O'Neill was originally from County Down. He had formal musical training and served as Francis O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early volumes.  Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 399, p. 69. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 481, p. 121.  Recorded sources:

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