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'''MULLINGAR RACES [ | '''MULLINGAR RACES [2], THE.''' AKA and see "[[Bealltaine]]," "[[Broadway (The)]]," "[[Butchers of Bristol (2) (The)]],""Coimleangaide Miulleann-Cearr," "[[Dinny O'Brien's Hornpipe]]," "[[Flowers in May]]," "[[Geary's Hornpipe]]," "[[Gift (The)]]," "[[Greenwich Park (3)]]," "[[May Day (2)]]," "[[Phil Durkin's Favorite]]," "[[Princess Royal]]," "[[Rover Through the Bog (The)]]," "[[Sean Ryan's]]," "[[Shaskeen (The)]]," "[[Taylor's]]." Hornpipe or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Mullingar Races" was popularized by the 1931 recording of Sligo fiddle players Paddy Kiloran and Paddy Sweeney, in New York. The "Bealltaine/May Day" title comes from P.W. Joyce's '''Old Irish Folk Music and Songs''' (1909), learned from his father in Limerick in the 1840's and heard again from the playing of Glenmalure, County Wicklow, miners in 1853. O'Neill originally published the tune as a reel. "Rover through the Bogs" is a related tune. See also the distanced Pennsylvania-collected version as "[[Five Miles Out of Town (2)]]." | ||
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''Printed sources'': O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1589, p. 294. | ''Printed sources'': O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 171. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1588, p. 294. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1589, p. 294. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 834, p. 144. | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal></font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 148, Mick Conneely - "Selkie" (2001). Tara CD4011, Frankie Gavin - "Fierce Traditional" (2001).</font> | ||
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MULLINGAR RACES [2], THE. AKA and see "Bealltaine," "Broadway (The)," "Butchers of Bristol (2) (The),""Coimleangaide Miulleann-Cearr," "Dinny O'Brien's Hornpipe," "Flowers in May," "Geary's Hornpipe," "Gift (The)," "Greenwich Park (3)," "May Day (2)," "Phil Durkin's Favorite," "Princess Royal," "Rover Through the Bog (The)," "Sean Ryan's," "Shaskeen (The)," "Taylor's." Hornpipe or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Mullingar Races" was popularized by the 1931 recording of Sligo fiddle players Paddy Kiloran and Paddy Sweeney, in New York. The "Bealltaine/May Day" title comes from P.W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), learned from his father in Limerick in the 1840's and heard again from the playing of Glenmalure, County Wicklow, miners in 1853. O'Neill originally published the tune as a reel. "Rover through the Bogs" is a related tune. See also the distanced Pennsylvania-collected version as "Five Miles Out of Town (2)."
Source for notated version: "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant and fiddler James O'Neill, originally from County Down, was Francis O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early volumes.
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 171. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1588, p. 294. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1589, p. 294. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 834, p. 144.
Recorded sources: Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 148, Mick Conneely - "Selkie" (2001). Tara CD4011, Frankie Gavin - "Fierce Traditional" (2001).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]