Annotation:Two Mile Bridge
X:1 T:Two Mile Bridge M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin G2E EFE | G2A BAG | F2D DED | FDF AGF | G2E EFE | GFG Bef | gfe afd | efe e3 :| |: g2e efe | g2a bag | f2d ded | fdf agf | gfg aga | bag faf | gfe def | efe e3 :| |: gfe fed | ed^c dAG | F2D DED | FDF AGF | GFG AGA | BcB efa | gfe def | efe e3 :|
TWO MILE BRIDGE. Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The River Lee flows out of the Gearagh to the Eastern side of Macroom where it meets with the river Sullane coming from Coolea at a place called The Two Mile Bridge. The rivers feed a two-lake reservoir system in modern times that supplies water to Cork city and county. There is also a town of Two Mile Bridge in Kilmurrary, Dungarvan, County Waterford, and it may be that the title references it, for piper O’Farrell (in whose publication the tune appears earliest) had many County Waterford place names sprinkled throughout his volumes, and obviously had a close connections with the county.
