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|f_annotation='''CAIRO BARRY'''.  Irish, Reel (cut time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.  "Cairo Barry" 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>. Researcher Conor Ward believes Donnellan's tune to have evolved from the jig "[[Trip it Up Stairs]]" (parts reversed), and compares it to "Trippit [sic] Up Stairs" in the music manuscript of Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim, musician Reilly.  
|f_annotation='''CAIRO BARRY'''.  Irish, Reel (cut time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.  "Cairo Barry" 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>. Researcher Conor Ward believes Donnellan's tune to have evolved from the jig "[[Trip it Up Stairs]]" (parts reversed), and compares it to "Trippit [sic] Up Stairs" in the music manuscript of Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim, musician William Reilly, where it is also set as a reel.  
|f_printed_sources=Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” ('''Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II'''), No. 2, 1909; No. 5.    O’Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 180, p. 95.
|f_printed_sources=Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” ('''Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II'''), No. 2, 1909; No. 5.    O’Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 180, p. 95.
|f_recorded_sources=Gael-Linn CEFCD218, Téada - "Coiscéim Coiligh –As the Days Brighten" (2022). SSSCD200, Seamus Sands - "A Deep Pool: Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing" (2018).  
|f_recorded_sources=Gael-Linn CEFCD218, Téada - "Coiscéim Coiligh –As the Days Brighten" (2022). SSSCD200, Seamus Sands - "A Deep Pool: Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing" (2018).  

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CAIRO BARRY. Irish, Reel (cut time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Cairo Barry" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. Researcher Conor Ward believes Donnellan's tune to have evolved from the jig "Trip it Up Stairs" (parts reversed), and compares it to "Trippit [sic] Up Stairs" in the music manuscript of Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim, musician William Reilly, where it is also set as a reel.


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Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II), No. 2, 1909; No. 5. O’Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 180, p. 95.

Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEFCD218, Téada - "Coiscéim Coiligh –As the Days Brighten" (2022). SSSCD200, Seamus Sands - "A Deep Pool: Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing" (2018).




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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.