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'''CAHILL'S WORKSHOP''' (Ceardca Uí Catail). Irish, Single Jig. A Minor/G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title probably refers to Chicago police Sergeant and uilleann piper James Cahill, a member of O'Neill's Irish Music Club in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and a contributor of tunes to the O'Neill volumes.  O'Neill writes of his skill not only with his instrument, but with his advocation <ref> Francis O'Neill, '''Irish Folk Music a Fascinating Hobby''', 1910, p. 42.</ref>:
'''CAHILL'S WORKSHOP''' (Ceardca Uí Catail). Irish, Single Jig. A Minor/G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title probably refers to Chicago police Sergeant and uilleann piper James Cahill, a member of O'Neill's Irish Music Club in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and a contributor of tunes to the O'Neill volumes.  O'Neill writes of his skill not only with his musicality, but with his advocation <ref> Francis O'Neill, '''Irish Folk Music a Fascinating Hobby''', 1910, p. 42.</ref>:
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''Sergeant Cahill, unassuming as he was, possessed many quaint tunes from County Kildare, where he was born,''  
''Sergeant Cahill, unassuming as he was, possessed many quaint tunes from County Kildare, where he was born,''  

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CAHILL'S WORKSHOP (Ceardca Uí Catail). Irish, Single Jig. A Minor/G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The title probably refers to Chicago police Sergeant and uilleann piper James Cahill, a member of O'Neill's Irish Music Club in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century and a contributor of tunes to the O'Neill volumes. O'Neill writes of his skill not only with his musicality, but with his advocation [1]:

Sergeant Cahill, unassuming as he was, possessed many quaint tunes from County Kildare, where he was born, and besides being an Irish piper, he was an expert wood-turner. In a shop in the basement of his residence he made many chanters equal to Taylor's work in tone and finish. Even as a reed-maker he had few equals, and what was still better, his liberality and assistance were never appealed to in vain.

Chicago Irish Music Club, c. 1901-1909. Sgt. Cahill is seated in the first row, 2nd from the right.

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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 408, p. 81.

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  1. Francis O'Neill, Irish Folk Music a Fascinating Hobby, 1910, p. 42.