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'''JAMES McMAHON'S JIG''' (Port Shéamais Mhic Mhathúna). AKA and see "[[Caherlistrane Jig]]," "[[James McMahon's Favourite]]," "[[McMahon's Favourite]]." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon (whose most famous composition is "McMahon's Reel"/"The Banshee"), | |f_annotation='''JAMES McMAHON'S JIG''' (Port Shéamais Mhic Mhathúna). AKA and see "[[Caherlistrane Jig]]," "[[James McMahon's Favourite]]," "[[Jimmy Neary's Request]]," "[[McMahon's Favourite]]." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon (1893-1977, whose most famous composition is "McMahon's Reel"/"The Banshee"), from Cornacreeve, Dresternian, Roslea, Co. Fermanagh. The tune was transposed to the key of A Major by C#/D accordion player Charlie Piggot (who had the melody from Delores Keane), who thought it sounded better in that key. | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=fiddler Liam Donnelly (County Tyrone), who helped Breathnach obtain tunes for CRÉ [Breathnach]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''CRÉ IV'''), 1996; No. 16, p. 9. '''The Hidden Fermanagh''', p. 82. McGuire & Keegan ('''Irish Tunes by the 100'''), 1975; No. 4, p. 1 (appears as "McMahon's Favourite"). | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Gerry Harrington and Charlie Piggot - "The New Road." Topic 12T176, various artists - "Paddy in the Smoke" (1968). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/919/]<br> | |||
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/919/]<br> | |||
Hear the tune played by Father O'Keefe and Tommy Maguire at Comhaltas Archive [http://comhaltasarchive.ie/search?tab=tracks&q=mcmahon%27s+#/tracks/14028]<br> | Hear the tune played by Father O'Keefe and Tommy Maguire at Comhaltas Archive [http://comhaltasarchive.ie/search?tab=tracks&q=mcmahon%27s+#/tracks/14028]<br> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 21 September 2020
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JAMES McMAHON'S JIG (Port Shéamais Mhic Mhathúna). AKA and see "Caherlistrane Jig," "James McMahon's Favourite," "Jimmy Neary's Request," "McMahon's Favourite." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the late County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon (1893-1977, whose most famous composition is "McMahon's Reel"/"The Banshee"), from Cornacreeve, Dresternian, Roslea, Co. Fermanagh. The tune was transposed to the key of A Major by C#/D accordion player Charlie Piggot (who had the melody from Delores Keane), who thought it sounded better in that key.
