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'''CATH CHÉIM AN FHIA'''. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. | '''CATH CHÉIM AN FHIA''' (The Battle of Keimaneigh). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A song called "Cath Chéim an Fhia" (The Battle of Keimaneigh) was composed by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–1849), of Keimaneigh, County Cork, an Irish poet and songwriter. Although she was illiterate, several of her songs and poems survived in oral tradition in the community. "Cath Chéim an Fhia" describes a fight that occurred in 1822 between the local yeoman militia and the Whiteboys (a secret agrarian organization that fought for tenant rights). | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
CATH CHÉIM AN FHIA (The Battle of Keimaneigh). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A song called "Cath Chéim an Fhia" (The Battle of Keimaneigh) was composed by Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire (1774–1849), of Keimaneigh, County Cork, an Irish poet and songwriter. Although she was illiterate, several of her songs and poems survived in oral tradition in the community. "Cath Chéim an Fhia" describes a fight that occurred in 1822 between the local yeoman militia and the Whiteboys (a secret agrarian organization that fought for tenant rights).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; p. 13.
Recorded sources: