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|f_annotation='''MISS CUNNINGHAM'S REEL'''.  Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Cunningham's Reel" is contained in the late 19th/early 20th century music manuscript collection in the possess of fiddler and curate [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster
|f_annotation='''MISS CUNNINGHAM'S REEL'''.  Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Cunningham's Reel" is contained in the late 19th/early 20th century music manuscript collection in the possession of fiddler and curate [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref> O'Connor notes the resemblance of "Miss Cunningham's" with "[[Dowd's Favorite]]." Researchers Conor Ward and Fr. John Quinn link Donnellan's "Miss Cunningham's Reel" with the Scottish strathspey "[[Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth (1)]]," via the version in County Leitrim fiddler Alex Sutherland's (1873-1969) early 20th century music manuscript collection, where it is also called "Miss Cunningham's Reel."
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|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].
|f_printed_sources=Gerry O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 78, p. 56.
|f_printed_sources=Gerry O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 78, p. 56.
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MISS CUNNINGHAM'S REEL. Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Cunningham's Reel" is contained in the late 19th/early 20th century music manuscript collection in the possession of fiddler and curate biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1] O'Connor notes the resemblance of "Miss Cunningham's" with "Dowd's Favorite." Researchers Conor Ward and Fr. John Quinn link Donnellan's "Miss Cunningham's Reel" with the Scottish strathspey "Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth (1)," via the version in County Leitrim fiddler Alex Sutherland's (1873-1969) early 20th century music manuscript collection, where it is also called "Miss Cunningham's Reel."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Gerry O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 78, p. 56.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.