Annotation:Gullane Jig (The)

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GULLANE JIG, THE (Port an Ghalláin). AKA - "Gallane Jig," "Gullaun Jig." AKA and see "John Joe's Jig (1)," "John Mahinny's No. 1," "Old Bush Jig," "Old Joe's Jig," "Old John's Jig," "Port Sheáin tSeosaimh." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Gullane is a village in the Sliabh Luachra region of County Kerry. The alternate title "John Mahinny's No. 1" is called after John Mahinney Barnard of Gneevegullia, a friend of fiddler Bill "The Weaver" Murphy, father of Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford.

Source for notated version: this jig was recorded in Co. Kerry by Breandan Breathnach in November 1970 from accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border); O'Leary had the tune from Jimmy Doyle [Breathnach, Moylan].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 18, p. 12. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 11, p. 129. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: The Red Book), 2000; p. 11. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 1, p. 3.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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