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JACK SWEENEY'S [1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Jack Sweeney was identified by source O'Leary as a ten-key accordion player from Tuar Mor, on the borders of Kilcummin--"I played with him in Tuar Mor at the age of twelve years" (Moylan).

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Piobairi Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan].

Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 183, pp. 105-106.

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