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'''MONKS OF THE SCREW, THE''' (Brathar na nÓl). AKA and see "Ta me i n-eagmais ach iocfadh ie fos" (I'm in debt but I'll pay them yet). Irish, Air (6/8 or 9/8 time). D Major (O'Neill): C Dorian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This is a version of the melody "[[Ta me i n-eagmais ach iocfadh me fos]]," and is a member of a large tune family in Scotland and Ireland investigated by P.W. Joyce (for which see the note for "[[annotation:What pain I've endured since last year]]") in his '''Ancient Music of Ireland.''' The Monks of the Screw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks_of_the_Screw]  (also called Monks of the Order of St Patrick) were a convivial social club that existed in Dublin between the years 1779 to 1785 ('screw' referred to corkscrew).  
'''MONKS OF THE SCREW, THE''' (Brathar na nÓl). AKA and see "[[Ta me i n-eagmais ach iocfadh me fos]]" ([[I'm in debt but I'll pay them yet]]). Irish, Air (6/8 or 9/8 time). D Major (O'Neill): C Dorian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This is a version of the melody "[[Ta me i n-eagmais ach iocfadh me fos]]," and is a member of a large tune family in Scotland and Ireland investigated by P.W. Joyce (for which see the note for "[[annotation:What pain I've endured since last year]]") in his '''Ancient Music of Ireland.''' The Monks of the Screw [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monks_of_the_Screw]  (also called Monks of the Order of St Patrick) were a convivial social club that existed in Dublin between the years 1779 to 1785 ('screw' referred to corkscrew).  
[[File:curran.jpg|200px|thumb|John Philpot Curran ()]]
[[File:curran.jpg|200px|thumb|John Philpot Curran ()]]
[[File:priory.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|"The Priory" c. 1903, from Footprints of Emmet by J.J. Reynolds (1903). The house fell into disrepair and finally ruin, and was demolished in the mid-20th century.]]
[[File:priory.jpeg|200px|thumb|left|"The Priory" c. 1903, from Footprints of Emmet by J.J. Reynolds (1903). The house fell into disrepair and finally ruin, and was demolished in the mid-20th century.]]