Annotation:Lea Castle

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LEA CASTLE. Irish, Single Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Lea Castle, Portarlington, County Laois, was one of the ancestral homes of The Dempsey Clan from the early 1300's to the mid-17th century, at which time the castle was severely damaged by Oliver Cromwell's army and the family dispossessed. The clan had became famous as horse-stealers and rapparees, before they finally succumbed to crown forces. It is today a ruin, with only one of four bastions remaining to be seen.

Source for notated version: Joe Keegan, father of fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan, and himself a flute player, "from the County Laois side of Partartington" [McGuire & Keegan].

Printed sources: McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 97, p. 27.

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