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|f_annotation= | |f_annotation='''TULLAMORE HARBOUR.''' Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody has been attributed to Irish fiddler Dan Cleary (1918-2004), of Ballinamere, County Offaly. Cleary played a number of instruments, including the uilleann pipes, piano and tin whistle, and was a member of a number of céili bands in the mid-20th century, notably the Ballinamere Céili Band, which won All-Ireland titles in the mid-1950’s. Like “Trip to Durrow”, another of Cleary’s compositions, this tune may stem from Cleary’s days as a young man with the Colmcille Céili Band, of Durrow, Co. Offaly, who played regularly in the Forresters Hall in Tullamore (see Treoir, vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, pp. 37-38). | ||
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TULLAMORE HARBOUR. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody has been attributed to Irish fiddler Dan Cleary (1918-2004), of Ballinamere, County Offaly. Cleary played a number of instruments, including the uilleann pipes, piano and tin whistle, and was a member of a number of céili bands in the mid-20th century, notably the Ballinamere Céili Band, which won All-Ireland titles in the mid-1950’s. Like “Trip to Durrow”, another of Cleary’s compositions, this tune may stem from Cleary’s days as a young man with the Colmcille Céili Band, of Durrow, Co. Offaly, who played regularly in the Forresters Hall in Tullamore (see Treoir, vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, pp. 37-38).
