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The melody was originally written by the Scots fiddler and composer Nathaniel Gow, sometimes attributed to his father, Niel, as "Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother," published in 1792, and was later reset by the Irish as a somewhat less sombre jig. Brendan Breathnach thought that Gow himself might have been influenced by the old jig "Lumps of Pudding." Paul de Grae relates that "The Gallowglass" was the jig Cork accordion player Jackie Daly was playing in a pub in the mid-1990's when he collapsed with a serious medical problem. After a period of convalescence Daly fortunately recovered and quipped that he'd have to go back to the pub and play the whole tune, in case they thought he only knew the first bit of it! The tune was recorded by fiddle player Frank O'Higgins in 1937, probably the first time on sound recordings.

The melody was originally written by the Scots fiddler and composer Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831), sometimes attributed to his father, Niel, as "Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother," published in 1792, and was later reset by the Irish as a somewhat less sombre jig. Brendan Breathnach thought that Gow himself might have been influenced by the old jig "Lumps of Pudding." Paul de Grae relates that "The Gallowglass" was the jig Cork accordion player Jackie Daly was playing in a pub in the mid-1990's when he collapsed with a serious medical problem. After a period of convalescence Daly fortunately recovered and quipped that he'd have to go back to the pub and play the whole tune, in case they thought he only knew the first bit of it! The tune was recorded by fiddle player Frank O'Higgins in 1937, probably the first time on sound recordings.

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-The melody was originally written by the Scots fiddler and composer Nathaniel Gow, sometimes attributed to his father, Niel, as "Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother," published in 1792, and was later reset by the Irish as a somewhat less sombre jig. Brendan Breathnach thought that Gow himself might have been influenced by the old jig "Lumps of Pudding." Paul de Grae relates that "The Gallowglass" was the jig Cork accordion player Jackie Daly was playing in a pub in the mid-1990's when he collapsed with a serious medical problem.  After a period of convalescence Daly fortunately recovered and quipped that he'd have to go back to the pub and play the whole tune, in case they thought he only knew the first bit of it! The tune was recorded by fiddle player Frank O'Higgins in 1937, probably the first time on sound recordings.
+The melody was originally written by the Scots fiddler and composer Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831), sometimes attributed to his father, Niel, as "Neil Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother," published in 1792, and was later reset by the Irish as a somewhat less sombre jig. Brendan Breathnach thought that Gow himself might have been influenced by the old jig "Lumps of Pudding." Paul de Grae relates that "The Gallowglass" was the jig Cork accordion player Jackie Daly was playing in a pub in the mid-1990's when he collapsed with a serious medical problem.  After a period of convalescence Daly fortunately recovered and quipped that he'd have to go back to the pub and play the whole tune, in case they thought he only knew the first bit of it! The tune was recorded by fiddle player Frank O'Higgins in 1937, probably the first time on sound recordings.
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