Chicago's Irish Music Club, c. 1903. John Ennis is in the middle row, 4th from left, directly below Francis O'Neill.NEW DEMENSE [2] (An Tirteac Nuad). AKA and see "College Grove (The)." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. A variant of "New Demense (1) (The)" with two parts altered. See also Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin's related "Green Jacket (The)," which Paul de Grae finds is a variant of the the first strain of Ennis's "New Demense [2]", while the second strain of 'Demense' corresponds to the fourth strain of Cronin's reel. c.f. "New Domain (The)" from collector George Petrie.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Chicago flute player and piper John Ennis, originally from County Kildare. Ennis was a policeman and, at times, a journalist, who became president of the Irish Music Club in Chicago after Francis O'Neill [O'Neill].
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1209, p. 228.
