Annotation:Eight and Forty Sisters
Tune properties and standard notation
EIGHT AND FORTY SISTERS, THE (Ochtar Deirfiúr is Daichead). AKA and see "Dandy Reel (The)," "Dublin Reel (2) (The)," "Hills of Claudy," "Tie the Ribbons," "Trim the Bonnet," "Jimmy the Creelmaker" "Salamanca." Irish, Reel. E Dorian (Breathnach, Roche): E Minor (Darley & McCall). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Darley & McCall): AB (Breathnach): AAB (Roche). The 'B' part of Darley & McCall's version of the tune is shared with "Dublin Lasses (2)." Breathnach's has a different second part.
Source for notated version: flutist Eddie Moloney, 1960 (Kinvara, Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Courtney Jones (Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland) [Darley & McCall].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 289, p. . Darley & McCall (Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs, The), 1914; No. 9, p. 4. Roche Collection, 1927, vol. 3; No. 81, p. 25.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]