Annotation:Rockfield Cottage
X:1 T:Rock Field Cottage, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 184, p. 39) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=38&z=116.3564%2C408.9317%2C2842.5377%2C1230.1919 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G3c BAGB|dgfa gedc|Bd/B/ Ac BGAF|1 DFAF GFED:|2 DFAF G4|| g2 ag/f/ gdBd|egfa gfed|ecAc dBGB|cBAG FAFD| g2 ag/f/ gdBd|egfa g2d2|Bdef gfag|bgef gg/g/ gf| ef/g/ dg Bgdg|egfa gfed|ecAc dBGB|cBAG FAFD| D3c|BAGB|dgfa gedc|Bd/B/ Ac BGAF|DFAF G4||
ROCKFIELD COTTAGE, THE (Teachíní Ghort na gCloch). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Brendan Breathnach suggested the title was a reference to a place very near source Grier’s house around Bohey, called "Newpark," in 'Gort Leitreach', Farnaught, County Leitrim, however, there is no "Rockfield Cottage" in the area. Fr. John Quinn points out "there is a 'Rockfield' in Granard town, in the area now occupied by Pat the Baker’s Bakery, and it may be to this that Grier is referring in the title, 'The Rock Field Cottage'. Grier may even have had some association with a cottage in Rockfield, Granard, before coming to Gortletteragh."
