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|f_annotation='''STEEPLECHASE [2]''' (An Léimrás). AKA and see "[[Carrigaline]]," "[[It's a Hard Road to Travel]]," "[[Lad Among the | |f_annotation='''STEEPLECHASE [2]''' (An Léimrás). AKA and see "[[Carrigaline]]," "[[It's a Hard Road to Travel]]," "[[Lad Among the Spriggens (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), in a medley following “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930’s. O'Neill printed the tune in his '''Music of Ireland''' (1903) as "[[Carrigaline]]." 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. | ||
|f_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. Sue Songer with Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 194. Taylor ('''Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice'''), 1994; p. 12. | |f_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. Sue Songer with Clyde Curley ('''Portland Collection vol. 2'''), 2005; p. 194. Taylor ('''Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice'''), 1994; p. 12. | ||
|f_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 | |f_recorded_sources=Coleman Heritage Centery, Paddy Killoran & James Morrison – “From Ballymote to Brooklyn.” Crown Records Cr 3344 (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney (1932). DMPCD 9401, Karen Tweed – “Drops of Springwater” (1994). Shanachie Records 33003, Paddy Killoran - "Paddy Killoran's Back in Town" (1977). Yazoo Records 7008, Paddy Killoran & Paddy Sweeney – “The Wheels of the World, vol. 1” (1997). | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=fiddler Paddy Killoran (County Sligo, Ireland/New York) [Breathnach]; fiddler Jimmy Murphy (b. 1938, Meelick, near Swinford, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=fiddler Paddy Killoran (County Sligo, Ireland/New York) [Breathnach]; fiddler Jimmy Murphy (b. 1938, Meelick, near Swinford, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1834/]<br> | |f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/1834/]<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [https://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/c03.htm#Car6]<br> | Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [https://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/c03.htm#Car6]<br> | ||
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STEEPLECHASE [2] (An Léimrás). AKA and see "Carrigaline," "It's a Hard Road to Travel," "Lad Among the Spriggens (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), in a medley following “Ah, Surely” in the early 1930’s. O'Neill printed the tune in his Music of Ireland (1903) as "Carrigaline." 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.
