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'''KERRIGAN'S JIG'''. AKA and see "[[Castle Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kesh Jig (1 | '''KERRIGAN'S JIG'''. AKA and see "[[Castle Jig (1) (The)]]," "[[Kesh Jig (1)]]," "[[Kincora Jig (The)]]," "[[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," is named after piper Tom Kerrigan of New York (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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KERRIGAN'S JIG. AKA and see "Castle Jig (1) (The)," "Kesh Jig (1)," "Kincora Jig (The)," "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," is named after piper Tom Kerrigan of New York (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.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 39.
Recorded sources: