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'''O'NEILL'S CASTLE''' (Caislean Uí Neill). Irish, Air. Ireland, western Ireland. Four versions of this song appear in '''Amhrain Mhuighe Seola''' (1923), collected by Mrs. Costello; three from Mayo and one from Galway.
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'''O'NEILL'S CASTLE''' (Caisleán Uí Néill). AKA - "The black haired woman from the mountain." Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Ireland, western Ireland. Four versions of this song appear in '''Amhrain Mhuighe Seola''' (1923), collected by Mrs. Costello; three from Mayo and one from Galway. The melody was also collected by Lady Mary Ferguson (née Guinness) in the west of Ireland, and was the vehicle for a the song "[[Lark in the Clear Air (1)]]," written around 1850 by her husband Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886). Ferguson was born in Belfast but later settles in Dublin, and was a poet, lawyer and antiquarian.  His wife was a great-niece of the brewer Arthur Guiness<ref>Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017.</ref>. See also cognate tunes "[[White Breasted Boy (The)]]" and "[[Skylark (2) (The)]]."
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O'NEILL'S CASTLE (Caisleán Uí Néill). AKA - "The black haired woman from the mountain." Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Ireland, western Ireland. Four versions of this song appear in Amhrain Mhuighe Seola (1923), collected by Mrs. Costello; three from Mayo and one from Galway. The melody was also collected by Lady Mary Ferguson (née Guinness) in the west of Ireland, and was the vehicle for a the song "Lark in the Clear Air (1)," written around 1850 by her husband Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886). Ferguson was born in Belfast but later settles in Dublin, and was a poet, lawyer and antiquarian. His wife was a great-niece of the brewer Arthur Guiness[1]. See also cognate tunes "White Breasted Boy (The)" and "Skylark (2) (The)."

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  1. Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017.