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PEACOCK'S FEATHER [1], THE (Cleite na Péacóige). AKA – “Peacock (3) (The).” Irish, Hornpipe. D Dorian: E Minor (O’Farrell): A Dorian (Curtin). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was printed in uilleann piper O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (vol. IV, 125, c. 1810) as a march under the title “The Peacock" but had earlier been printed by Glasglow publisher James Aird in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs. Since O'Farrell also published tunes from Great Britain as well as Ireland, the provenance of "The Peacock" is yet to be established. It is here listed as "The Peacock's Feather" to highlight developments of the tune in Irish repertory. "Peacock Feather" was also entered into the mid-19th century Sliabh Luachra music manuscript in the possession of D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.

It is familiar as the source of the tune for the song "Parting Glass (The)." The tune was also recorded by the Tulla Ceili Band.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Frankie Gavin (Ireland) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 287, p. 154. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 218, p. 100. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; p. 125 (appears as “The Peacock”).

Recorded sources : - Shanachie Records 29008, Frankie Gavin - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1977). Shanachie Records 34009, Frankie Gavin & Alex Finn. Shanachie SH 78061, Danú - "When All Is Said and Done" (2005).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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