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Theme code Index	1H352 11H66
Also known as	Blackthorn (The), Irishman's Blackthorn Stick (The), Clear the Road, Countess of Louden (The), Countess of Louden's Reel, Inch of Garth, Jack McGuire, Jolly Clam-Diggers (The), Old Blackthorn (The), Rising Sun (2) (The), Rising of the Sun, Eiri na Greine
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Luke O'Malley
Book/Manuscript title	Book:uke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 30, p. 15.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1976
Artist	Biography:Joe Cooley
Title of recording	Cooley
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Gael-Linn CEF 044
Year recorded
Media
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Tune annotations

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T:The Blackthorn Stick [4]
M:C|
L:1/8
S:O'Malley Collection
K:D
fe | d2 FB AFEF | D2 dc BABc | dF ~F2 AFED | (3EFG FE D>g fe | 
dF ~F2 AE ~E2 | DF ~F2 BABc | d2 FB AFED | (3EFG FE D2 :|
|: Bc | d2 fd edfd | A2 (3cBA eA (3cBA | defd e2 fg | (3agf (3gfe fdec | 
defd edfd | A2 (3cBA eA (3cBA | defg afbf | afef d2 :||

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-'''BLACKTHORN STICK [4], THE'''. AKA and see "The Blackthorn," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "The Countess of Louden('s Reel)," "Inch of Garth" "Jack McGuire," "The Jolly Clam-Diggers," "The Old Blackthorn,"  "The Rising Sun [2]," "Rising of the Sun" (Eiri na Greine). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Mulvihill): AA'BB' (O'Malley). Galway accordion player Joe Cooley helped to popuarlize this tune. An early recording of the melody was made by the Flanagan Brothers on 78 RPM. See also Mike MacDougall's Cape Breton strathspey setting, "The Blackthorn Strathspey."
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-''Sources for notated versions'': Gus Collins (Bronx, NY) [Mulvihill]; New York fiddler and accordion player John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo), via his student Tommy Ryan [O'Malley].
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-''Printed sources:'' Mulvihill ('''1st Collection'''), 1986; No. 210, p. 57. O'Malley ('''Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music''', vol. 1), 1976; No. 30, p. 15.
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-''Recorded sources:'' Gael-Linn CEF 044, Joe Cooley - "Cooley." Gael-Linn CEF 161, "Michael Coleman 1891-1945." Green Linnet SIF 1010, "Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell." Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman - "The Heyday of Michael Coleman" (1973). Shanachie 78030, Danú - "Think Before You Think" (2000). Shanachie 79083, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan - "Whirlwind" (1995. A version handed down from the piping of Wexford/Liberties piper John Potts {1871-1956} through piper Tommy Reck).
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