Annotation:Tuar Mór Polka (1) (The)

{{TuneAnnotation |f_annotation=TUAR MÓR POLKA [1], THE. AKA and see “Gullane Polka (3) (The), “Tony Lowe's Polka (2),” “[[Toormore Polka (2) (The)],” “Tournmore Polka (The),” “Wallace's Cross.” Irish, Polka (2/4 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This polka, along with No. 2, was collectively known as the “Tuar Mór Polkas” by source O’Leary. Tuar Mór is a village in west County Kerry, not far from Killarney. An A Mixolydian tonality is suggested in the first part up until the cadence on D Major, while the ‘B’ part is solidly in D. “Wallace’s Cross” is a related tune, as is an untitled polka in Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 123. |f_source_for_notated_version=accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]. |f_printed_sources= Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 4), 1976; 72. Ceol, vol. 5, No. 1 (appears as “Back of the Haggard”). Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 73, p. 28. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 87, p. 49. |f_recorded_sources=Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977. Appears as first of “Tourmore Polkas”). |f_see_also_listing= }}