Annotation:Mike Sullivan's Hornpipe (2)

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MIKE SULLIVAN'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see "Behind the Ditch in Páirc Anna," "Bobby Casey's Hornpipe," "Flynn's Hornpipe," "How Are You Mary Geaney?" "Humors of Tullycrine (The)," "McDermott's Hornpipe (3)," "Stream of the Cat (The)," "Threshing Reel (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Source O'Leary and fiddler Denis Murphy heard this tune played on the jews harp by one Kilcummin musician, Mike Sullivan, in the Jug of Punch in Killarney. Murphy returned the next day to make sure he had it accurately (Moylan).

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan].

Printed sources: Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Slibah Luachra), 1994; No. 254, p. 146.

Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF092, Julia and Billy Clifford - "Coel as Sliabh Luachra" (appears as "The Threshing Reel").

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