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LIFFEY BANKS, THE (Bruacha na Life). AKA - "Banks of the Liffey," "Liffy Banks." AKA and see "Colleen Bawn (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Breathnach): AAB (Flaherty). A very popular tune in County Sligo, notes fiddler Gerry Harrington.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Joe Fallon (b. 1935, Collooney, County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 82, p. 41. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 2), No. 23. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 98. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 27.

Recorded sources : - Claddagh Records CC13, Tommy Potts - "The Liffey Banks" (1971). Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007). Coleman Center CD CC004, Harry McGowan & Mick Loftus - "The Mountain Road" (1999. Various artists. "A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo"). Leader LEACD 2004, "Martin Byrnes" (1969). Outlet SOLP 1007, "The Best of Seamus Tansey" (197?).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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