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|f_annotation='''TOORMORE POLKA [2].''' AKA and see "[[ | |f_annotation='''TOORMORE POLKA [2].''' AKA and see "[[Johnny O'Leary's (6) (Polka)]]," "[[Let's Have a Ceilidh]]," "[[Maids of Ardagh]]," "[[Sliabh Mhachaire (1)]]," "[[Tournmore Polka]]," "[[Tuar Mór Polka (2) (The)]]." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Toormore Polka [2]" is the second in County Cork accordion player Johnny O’Leary’s “The Tourmore Polkas“ set. “[[Wallace's Cross]]” is a related tune, as is an untitled polka in Breathnach's '''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II''' (1976, No. 123). The Scottish pipe march "[[Liberton Pipe Band]]" is closely related. Paul de Grae suggests "Toormore Polka (2)" may have been adapted from 'Liberton' by Dáithín Davy Lenihan (1889-1973) of Mountcollins. "[He] was an influential figure, a contemporary of Pádraig O'Keeffe, who often stayed in his house; he played fiddle and accordion, and was also a founder member of the Mountcollins Pipe Band: pipe bands are an obvious source of Scottish march tunes, ripe for 'Sliabh Luachrising'"<ref>Paul de Grae, Facebook post February 5, 2024. </ref> Compare also with "[[Babes in the Woods (2)]]," "[[Back of the Haggard]]," "[[Dan O'Leary's (2)]]," and the Canadian "[[Let's Have a Ceilidh]]." | ||
|f_printed_sources=Bulmer & Sharpley ('''Music from Ireland, vol. 4'''), 1976; No. 73. Terry Moylan ('''Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Lucahra'''), 1994; No. 88. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Globestyle Records CDORB 085, Johnny O’Leary – “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Various artists). Topic 12TS357, Johnny O’Leary – “Music for the Set. Traditional Music from Sliabh Luachra” (1977). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1187/]<br> | |||
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TOORMORE POLKA [2]. AKA and see "Johnny O'Leary's (6) (Polka)," "Let's Have a Ceilidh," "Maids of Ardagh," "Sliabh Mhachaire (1)," "Tournmore Polka," "Tuar Mór Polka (2) (The)." Irish, Polka (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Toormore Polka [2]" is the second in County Cork accordion player Johnny O’Leary’s “The Tourmore Polkas“ set. “Wallace's Cross” is a related tune, as is an untitled polka in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II (1976, No. 123). The Scottish pipe march "Liberton Pipe Band" is closely related. Paul de Grae suggests "Toormore Polka (2)" may have been adapted from 'Liberton' by Dáithín Davy Lenihan (1889-1973) of Mountcollins. "[He] was an influential figure, a contemporary of Pádraig O'Keeffe, who often stayed in his house; he played fiddle and accordion, and was also a founder member of the Mountcollins Pipe Band: pipe bands are an obvious source of Scottish march tunes, ripe for 'Sliabh Luachrising'"[1] Compare also with "Babes in the Woods (2)," "Back of the Haggard," "Dan O'Leary's (2)," and the Canadian "Let's Have a Ceilidh."
- ↑ Paul de Grae, Facebook post February 5, 2024.