Whiskey and Beer (2)
X:1 T:Whisky and Beer [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, B:No. 11, p. 5) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|:cAA A2G|FGA/B/ cAd|cAA A2G|Ade fed| cAA A2G|FGA/B/ cde|faf edc|1 Add def/d/:|2 Add d2e|| f2f e2e|fed cde|faf edc|Add d2 e| f2f e2e|fed cde|fed cAG|Add d2e| f2f e2e|fed cde|faf edc|Add d2(f/g/)| afa geg|fed cde|fed gec|Add def/d/||
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T:Whiskey & Beer [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:”Daniel Kelleher, Clonaugh, Castleisland, Co. Kerry”
N:”Most Perfect. Professor P.D. Reidy.”
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 31)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901. According
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection.
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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