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X:1 T:Mrs. O'Neal M:C L:1/8 B: John Lee – “A Favourite Collection of the so much admired old B:Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan” B:(Dublin, 1780, pp. 4-5) F:https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Favourite_Collection_of_old_Irish_Tune/QEMSNkpd_80C?hl=en&gbpv=1 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F V:1 d|Tc2F2 AGAc|dcAG {G}F2 ED|D2F2 cAcd|cAcd cdfc|g2d2 g4|g2a2 fddg| Tfd d2 gafg|efde c4|dcde fcAF|dGGA dGAB|fFFA fFFA|dcAG F2 DC | D2F2 F4||dcdf gfdf|agfg ageg|a4 d2da|c2 ca gfed|c2 AG FDFG| FGAF GDGA|GABc dGGA/c/|dGGA/c/ fFFG/A/|fFFG/A/ dcAG|F2 DC D2F2|F8|| V:2 clef = bass z|F,4F,4|F,2G,2A,2A,,2|D,4F,4|F,,4A,,4|B,,4 B,,2A,,2|G,,4D,2B,,2| A,A,,D,2E,2F,2|G,2G,,2C4|B,,2G,,2F,,4|B,,2A,,2G,,4|F,,4F,4|F,2E,2D,2A,,2| B,,2C,2F,,4||B,,4D,4|F,4C,4|F,,4B,2B,,2|A,2F,2E,2G,2|C,2E,2D,4| D4B,4|C4 B,2C2|B,2C2A,2F,2|A,,2F,,2F,2E,2|D,2A,2B,2C2|D,8||



MRS. O'NEILL. Irish, Planxty or Air (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Sullivan (1958) says "the first half of the tune is too mutilated to allow of reconstruction," while the barring of the second half is "obviously faulty". He has reconstructed bars 6, 7, and 8 in his version.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - John Mulholland, Collection of Ancient Irish Airs [1] (Dublin, 1810) [O'Sullivan].

Printed sources : - Broderip & Wilkinson (A Favourite Collection of the so much Admired old Irish Tunes, the Original & Genuine Compositions of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard), London, c. 1804; No. 11, pp. 4-5[1]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 136, p. 96. John Lee (A Favourite Collection of the so much admired old Irish Tunes, the original and genuine compositions of Carolan), Dublin, 1780; pp. 4-5. Mulholland (Ancient Irish Airs), 1810; p. 57. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Time or Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 136, p. 174.






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  1. This appears to be a plagiarized reissue of Lee’s or Mulhollan's volumes, without the names of tunes, only numbers.
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