Annotation:Magho Snaps (The)

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MAGHO SNAPS, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fiddler Mick Hoy of Derrygonelly. Magho is the area on the South shore of Lower Lough Erne, and the 'snaps' are a stretch of bumpy road there.

Source for notated version: Mick Hoy (Co. Fermanagh) [Miller, Treoir].

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 71, p. 53. Treoir, vol. 17, No. 3, 1985.

Recorded sources: Shanachie SH 79068, Boys of the Lough - "Sweet Rural Shade" (1988). Desi Wilkinson, Cathal Hayden, Jim McGrath - "Sounds from the North" (2012).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear the tune played on fiddle on youtube.com [2]

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