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YEOMEN OF BALLINAMORE, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "O'Beirne remarks: 'The yeomen ran away from the French at Fenagh.' This was when the French landed at Killala in 1798" (Joyce).

Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 [Joyce].

Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 583, p. 305.

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