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STEEPLECHASE [2] (An Léimrás). AKA and see "Carrigaline," "It's a Hard Road to Travel," "Lad Among the Spriggers (The)," “Milestone (2) (The),” "Rocks of Cashel (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (O'Neill): AABB (Breathnach, Flaherty): AA’BB’ (Taylor/Tweed). The melody was famously recorded in New York for Crown Records by south County Sligo born fiddlers Paddy Killoran (1904-1965) and Paddy Sweeney (1894-1974), who backed it with “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930’s. Breathnach (CRÉ III) gives “The Boys of 25” as an alternate title, however, this appears to be a mistake, as “Boys of Twenty Five” is another title for the melody “Ah, Surely”, the other tune in the Killoran/Sweeney medley. A version of the tune was recorded in Québec by French-Canadian fiddler Guy Bouchard.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Paddy Killoran (County Sligo, Ireland/New York) [Breathnach]; fiddler Jimmy Murphy (b. 1938, Meelick, near Swinford, County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 90, p. 45. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 41. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 15. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 100. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; p. 12.

Recorded sources : - Coleman Heritage Centery, Paddy Killoran & James Morrison – “From Ballymote to Brooklyn.” DMPCD 9401, Karen Tweed – “Drops of Springwater” (1994). Shanachie Records 33003, Paddy Killoran "Paddy Killoran's Back in Town" (1977). Yazoo Records, Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney – “The Wheels of the World, vol. 1.”

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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