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MARIAN McCARTHY. Irish, Set Dance (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Limerick fiddler Con Foley, originally from County Cork. It is named in honor of a famous set dancer from Limerick, according to Séamus Connolly (2002), who competed in the 1960's and 1970's. "Planxty Penny" is another of his compositions.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 62-63.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD, Seamus Connolly - "Here and There."




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