O'CONNOR'S FAVORITE (Roga Uí Concobair). Irish, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears as an untitled hornpipe in Eias Howe's Musician's Companion (1842) and Patrick O'Flannagan's 1860 collection, published in Boston by Elias Howe ('Patrick O'Flannagan' was a pseudonym for Howe himself). See also the related "Woods of Kilkenny."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Howe (First Part of the Musician's Companion), 1842; p. 65. O'Flannagan (The Hibernia Collection), Boston, 1860; p. 11 (appears as "Irish Hornpipe"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 201. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1715, p. 319. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 904, p. 155.
See also listing at : Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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