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'''CONNIE O'CONNELL'S (JIG) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Jolly Beggar (1) (The)]]," "[[Michael Dwyer's Jig]]," "[[Two and Sixpenny Girl (The)]]." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'. A re-working of "The Two-and-Sixpenny Girl" with the addition of another part. Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh recorded the tune as "Connie O'Connell's" after a fiddler player from Kilnamartyra, Múscraí (near Ballyvourney in west Cork). According to Breathnach (1985), the title is from County Limerick. County Fermanagh flute player Cathal McConnell recorded it in 1970 as "[[McNamara's Jig]]." | '''CONNIE O'CONNELL'S (JIG) [1]'''. AKA and see "[[Jolly Beggar (1) (The)]]," "[[Michael Dwyer's Jig]]," "[[Two and Sixpenny Girl (The)]]." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'. A re-working of "The Two-and-Sixpenny Girl" or "The Half-Crown Girl" with the addition of another part. Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh recorded the tune as "Connie O'Connell's" after a fiddler player from Kilnamartyra, Múscraí (near Ballyvourney in west Cork). According to Breathnach (1985), the title is from County Limerick. County Fermanagh flute player Cathal McConnell recorded it in 1970 as "[[McNamara's Jig]]." | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Gael-Linn CEF 057, "Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh" (learned from Kilnamartyra, west Cork, fiddle player Connie O'Connell). </font> | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, 27 April 2018
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CONNIE O'CONNELL'S (JIG) [1]. AKA and see "Jolly Beggar (1) (The)," "Michael Dwyer's Jig," "Two and Sixpenny Girl (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BBCC'. A re-working of "The Two-and-Sixpenny Girl" or "The Half-Crown Girl" with the addition of another part. Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh recorded the tune as "Connie O'Connell's" after a fiddler player from Kilnamartyra, Múscraí (near Ballyvourney in west Cork). According to Breathnach (1985), the title is from County Limerick. County Fermanagh flute player Cathal McConnell recorded it in 1970 as "McNamara's Jig."
The jig belongs to a large and varied 6/8 tune family that includes "Aherlow Jig," "Money I Want (The)," "Quinn's Jig," "Ryan's Travels," "Spirits of Whisky (2)," and "Three Little Drummers (1) (The)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken's Lips), 1987; p. 12.
Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF 057, "Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh" (learned from Kilnamartyra, west Cork, fiddle player Connie O'Connell).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]