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|f_annotation='''McKEOWN'S POLKA.'''. AKA - "McKeon's."  Irish, English; Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. According to a story posted at thesession.org, by Eamon Coyne (Jr.), "McKeown's Polka" was discovered by Liverpool musician Margaret "Peggy" Peakin in a mid-19th century sailor’s tunebook in the Liverpool library and was popularized by her. Alternatively, it is said to have been picked up from a Roscommon flute player by the name of McKeown by Irish traditional musicians in Liverpool in the 1930's<ref>'''Treoir''', vol. 40, No. 1., p. 27.</ref>. It became part of the repertory of the Liverpool Céilí Band (who won All-Ireland championships in 1963 and 1964).
|f_annotation='''McKEOWN'S POLKA.'''. AKA - "McKeon's."  Irish, English; Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. According to a story posted at thesession.org, by Eamon Coyne (Jr.), "McKeown's Polka" was discovered by Liverpool musician Margaret "Peggy" Peakin in a mid-19th century sailor’s tunebook in the Liverpool library and was popularized by her. Alternatively, it is said to have been picked up from a Roscommon flute player by the name of McKeown by Irish traditional musicians in Liverpool in the 1930's<ref>'''Treoir''', vol. 40, No. 1., p. 27.</ref>
# <span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑</span> <span class="reference-text">'''Treoir''', vol. 40, No. 1., p. 27.</span>
. It became part of the repertory of the Liverpool Céilí Band (who won All-Ireland championships in 1963 and 1964).
|f_printed_sources=Prior ('''Fionn Seisiún 3'''), 2007; p. 34. '''Treoir''', vol. 40, No. 1, 2008, p. 27.
|f_printed_sources=Prior ('''Fionn Seisiún 3'''), 2007; p. 34. '''Treoir''', vol. 40, No. 1, 2008, p. 27.
|f_recorded_sources=<span>Veteran Tapes VT125, Seán McNamara, Eamon Coyne, Peggy Peakin - "The Long Strand: Irish Music from Liverpool" (1992).  
|f_recorded_sources=<span>Veteran Tapes VT125, Seán McNamara, Eamon Coyne, Peggy Peakin - "The Long Strand: Irish Music from Liverpool" (1992).</span>
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McKEOWN'S POLKA.. AKA - "McKeon's." Irish, English; Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. According to a story posted at thesession.org, by Eamon Coyne (Jr.), "McKeown's Polka" was discovered by Liverpool musician Margaret "Peggy" Peakin in a mid-19th century sailor’s tunebook in the Liverpool library and was popularized by her. Alternatively, it is said to have been picked up from a Roscommon flute player by the name of McKeown by Irish traditional musicians in Liverpool in the 1930's[1]

  1. Treoir, vol. 40, No. 1., p. 27.

. It became part of the repertory of the Liverpool Céilí Band (who won All-Ireland championships in 1963 and 1964).


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Printed sources : - Prior (Fionn Seisiún 3), 2007; p. 34. Treoir, vol. 40, No. 1, 2008, p. 27.

Recorded sources : - Veteran Tapes VT125, Seán McNamara, Eamon Coyne, Peggy Peakin - "The Long Strand: Irish Music from Liverpool" (1992).




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  1. Treoir, vol. 40, No. 1., p. 27.
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