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'''KNOCKNABOUL (POLKA) [2], THE''' (Polca Chnoc na bPoll). AKA and see "[[Ask Our Dan]]," "[[Knocknabower Polka (2)]]," "[[Liam Browne's]]," "[[Sneem Polka (The)]]." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The alternate title "Knocknabower" is from a mis-print on the influential "Star Above the Garter" recording, and unfourtunatley has gained some currency at the expense of the correct title, "Knocknaboul." [[File:clifford.jpg|300px|thumb|Right|Julia Clifford]] | '''KNOCKNABOUL (POLKA) [2], THE''' (Polca Chnoc na bPoll). AKA and see "[[Ask Our Dan]]," "[[Knocknabower Polka (2)]]," "[[Liam Browne's]]," "[[Sneem Polka (The)]]." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The alternate title "Knocknabower" is from a mis-print on the influential "Star Above the Garter" recording, and unfourtunatley has gained some currency at the expense of the correct title, "Knocknaboul." The second strain is shared with that of "[[Barley Grain (3) (The)]]," a reel in County Cork cleric, uilleann piper and collector James Goodmman's large mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 3, p. 78). | ||
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KNOCKNABOUL (POLKA) [2], THE (Polca Chnoc na bPoll). AKA and see "Ask Our Dan," "Knocknabower Polka (2)," "Liam Browne's," "Sneem Polka (The)." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The alternate title "Knocknabower" is from a mis-print on the influential "Star Above the Garter" recording, and unfourtunatley has gained some currency at the expense of the correct title, "Knocknaboul." The second strain is shared with that of "Barley Grain (3) (The)," a reel in County Cork cleric, uilleann piper and collector James Goodmman's large mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 3, p. 78).
Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (brother and sister, east Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach, Sullivan]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 65, p. 34. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 50, p. 144. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 50. Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 14, p. 6. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 16 (appears as "Knockabower Polka #2"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 132. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 281, p. 161. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 46, p. 19 (appears as "Knocknabower Polka"). Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 23. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2; 21(b).
Recorded sources: Claddagh Records CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star above the Garter" (1969. Appears as "Knocknabower Polka"). Topic 12T312, John, Julia & Billy Clifford - "The Star of Munster Trio."
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]