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|f_annotation='''O'CONNELL'S MARCH TO TARA.''' AKA - "Tara Quickstep (The)." Irish, March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "O'Connell's March to Tara" (The Tara Quickstep) is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>.  A 6/8 time version of the tune was found in an American military music manuscript c. 1860's under the title "[[Sergeant O'Leary]]", and there's also an Irish related tune in 6/8 time "[[Scattery Island Slide]]".
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'''O'CONNELL'S MARCH TO TARA.''' Irish, March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A 6/8 time version of the tune was found in an American military music manuscript c. 1860's under the title "[[Sergeant O'Leary]]", and there's also an Irish related tune in 6/8 time "[[Scattery Island Slide]]".
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<font color=red>''Printed sources''</font> : - Donnellan, "Oriel Songs and Dances", ''Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society'', vol. 2, no. 2, 1909; no. 98.
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O'CONNELL'S MARCH TO TARA. AKA - "Tara Quickstep (The)." Irish, March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "O'Connell's March to Tara" (The Tara Quickstep) is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. A 6/8 time version of the tune was found in an American military music manuscript c. 1860's under the title "Sergeant O'Leary", and there's also an Irish related tune in 6/8 time "Scattery Island Slide".


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Donnellan, "Oriel Songs and Dances", Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, vol. 2, no. 2, 1909; no. 98. O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 1, p. 128.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.