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|f_annotation='''DAN O'KEEFFE'S SLIDE [1]''' (Sleamhnán Dhónaill Uí Chaoimh). AKA and see "Danny Ab's Slide [1]."  Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson): D Major (Moylan). Standard tuning. AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Moylan): AA'BB' (Breathnach). The tune was recorded Seamus Ennis in 1952, from the playing of Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, who called it "Danny Ab's," their source for the tune(s).  There is a suggestion the tune was named for piper Dan O'Keefe (1821-1899), an emigrant to the United States in 1847<ref>O'Keeffe is profiled in Francis O'Neill's '''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''' (1910, p. 349).</ref>, but this seems rather unlikely. The tune was much more likely named for Dan O'Keeffe of Tureen Cahill, near Lisheen, Sliabh Luachra, who lived near the house of Tom Billy Murphy and his children, fiddler Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford.  O'Keeffe was a flute and tin whistle player and also lilted and whistled. He was taught to play by his mother, perhaps one of Tom Billy Murphy's students.   
|f_annotation='''DAN O'KEEFFE'S SLIDE [1]''' (Sleamhnán Dhónaill Uí Chaoimh). AKA and see "Danny Ab's Slide [1]."  Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson): D Major (Moylan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Moylan): AA'BB' (Breathnach). The tune was recorded Seamus Ennis in 1952, from the playing of Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, who called it "Danny Ab's," their source for the tune(s).  There is a suggestion the tune was named for piper Dan O'Keefe (1821-1899), an emigrant to the United States in 1847<ref>O'Keeffe is profiled in Francis O'Neill's '''Irish Minstrels and Musicians''' (1910, p. 349).</ref>, but this seems rather unlikely. The tune was much more likely named for Dan O'Keeffe of Tureen Cahill, near Lisheen, Sliabh Luachra, who lived near the house of Tom Billy Murphy and his children, fiddler Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford.  O'Keeffe was a flute and tin whistle player and also lilted and whistled. He was taught to play by his mother, perhaps one of Tom Billy Murphy's students.   
|f_source_for_notated_version=fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Connie O'Connell (County Cork) [Beisswenger].
|f_source_for_notated_version=fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Connie O'Connell (County Cork) [Beisswenger].
|f_printed_sources=Drew Beisswenger with Connie O'Connell ('''Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry'''), 2012; p. 97. Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hEireann vol. III'''), 1985; No. 45, p. 21. Cranitch ('''Irish Fiddle Book'''), 1996; No. 25, p. 134 (appears as "Danny Ab's Slide"). Cranitch ('''Irish Session Tunes: Red Book'''), 2000; 25. Mallinson ('''Enduring'''), 1995; No. 62, p. 27 (appears as "Dan O'Keeffe's No. 2). Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music'''), 1977; vol. 1, No. 26 (appears as untitled slip jig). Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music'''), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 45. Moylan ('''Johnny O'Leary'''), 1994; No. 176, p. 101. Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club'''), vol. 1, No. 18(a).  
|f_printed_sources=Drew Beisswenger with Connie O'Connell ('''Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry'''), 2012; p. 97. Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hEireann vol. III'''), 1985; No. 45, p. 21. Cranitch ('''Irish Fiddle Book'''), 1996; No. 25, p. 134 (appears as "Danny Ab's Slide"). Cranitch ('''Irish Session Tunes: Red Book'''), 2000; 25. Mallinson ('''Enduring'''), 1995; No. 62, p. 27 (appears as "Dan O'Keeffe's No. 2). Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music'''), 1977; vol. 1, No. 26 (appears as untitled slip jig). Miller & Perron ('''Irish Traditional Fiddle Music'''), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 45. Moylan ('''Johnny O'Leary'''), 1994; No. 176, p. 101. Vallely ('''Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club'''), vol. 1, No. 18(a).  

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DAN O'KEEFFE'S SLIDE [1] (Sleamhnán Dhónaill Uí Chaoimh). AKA and see "Danny Ab's Slide [1]." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson): D Major (Moylan). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson, Moylan): AA'BB' (Breathnach). The tune was recorded Seamus Ennis in 1952, from the playing of Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, who called it "Danny Ab's," their source for the tune(s). There is a suggestion the tune was named for piper Dan O'Keefe (1821-1899), an emigrant to the United States in 1847[1], but this seems rather unlikely. The tune was much more likely named for Dan O'Keeffe of Tureen Cahill, near Lisheen, Sliabh Luachra, who lived near the house of Tom Billy Murphy and his children, fiddler Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. O'Keeffe was a flute and tin whistle player and also lilted and whistled. He was taught to play by his mother, perhaps one of Tom Billy Murphy's students.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Connie O'Connell (County Cork) [Beisswenger].

Printed sources : - Drew Beisswenger with Connie O'Connell (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 97. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hEireann vol. III), 1985; No. 45, p. 21. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 25, p. 134 (appears as "Danny Ab's Slide"). Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 25. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 62, p. 27 (appears as "Dan O'Keeffe's No. 2). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 26 (appears as untitled slip jig). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 45. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 176, p. 101. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 1, No. 18(a).

Recorded sources : - Claddagh Records CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star above the Garter." Topic 12T309, Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "Kerry Fiddles: Music of Sliabh Luachra, vol 1" (1977).

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  1. O'Keeffe is profiled in Francis O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1910, p. 349).