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'''KERRIGAN'S JIG'''. AKA and see "[[Castle Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kesh Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kincora Jig]]," "[[Mountaineers' March (The)]]," "[[Tear the Callies]]." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title of this tune, now known almost universally as the "Kesh Jig," | |f_annotation='''KERRIGAN'S JIG'''. AKA and see "[[Castle Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kesh Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kincora Jig]]," "[[Mountaineers' March (The)]]," "[[Spring Well (1) (The)]]," "[[Tear the Callies]]." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title of this tune, now known almost universally as the "Kesh Jig," references piper and New York City publican Tom Kerrigan (originally from County Longford), who had been host to the Taylor brothers, famous uilleann pipe makers from Ireland, when they first emigrated (they later moved to Philadelphia). The Taylors built a set of pipes for Kerrigan in his basement, a set which later became the property of piper Tom Busby. A picture of Kerrigan with a pipe set, presumably the Tayors', is on page 262 of Francis O'Neill's '''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''' (1913), with a sketch of the piper on the preceding page. | ||
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|f_printed_sources=Sweet ('''Fifer's Delight'''), 1964/1981; p. 39. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Brunswick 68002 (78 RPM), Michael Coleman & Paddy Finlay (1927. 2nd tune, following "[[Old Man Dillon]]". Coleman's playing partner for this recording, Paddy Finlay, was a piccolo player). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Hear Michael Coleman's 1927 recording at the Internet Archive [https://ia700306.us.archive.org/13/items/MichaelColemanandPaddyFinlayOldManDillonKerrigansFancy/Michael_Coleman_and_Paddy_Finlay__Old_Man_Dillon_Kerrigans_Fancy.mp3] | |||
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Hear Michael Coleman's 1927 recording at the Internet Archive [https://ia700306.us.archive.org/13/items/MichaelColemanandPaddyFinlayOldManDillonKerrigansFancy/Michael_Coleman_and_Paddy_Finlay__Old_Man_Dillon_Kerrigans_Fancy.mp3] | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 15 July 2021
X:1 T:Kerrigan's Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D | GFG GAB | AGA ABd | edd gdd | edB dBA | GFG GAB | AGA ABd | edd gdB | AGF G2A :| |: BAB dBd | ege dBA | BAB dBG | ABA AGA | BAB dBd | ege dBd | gfg aga | bgf g2 :|
KERRIGAN'S JIG. AKA and see "Castle Jig (1) (The)," "Kesh Jig (1) (The)," "Kincora Jig," "Mountaineers' March (The)," "Spring Well (1) (The)," "Tear the Callies." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title of this tune, now known almost universally as the "Kesh Jig," references piper and New York City publican Tom Kerrigan (originally from County Longford), who had been host to the Taylor brothers, famous uilleann pipe makers from Ireland, when they first emigrated (they later moved to Philadelphia). The Taylors built a set of pipes for Kerrigan in his basement, a set which later became the property of piper Tom Busby. A picture of Kerrigan with a pipe set, presumably the Tayors', is on page 262 of Francis O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913), with a sketch of the piper on the preceding page.
