Annotation:Wicklow Hornpipe

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'WICKLOW HORNPIPE, THE (Crannciuil Ciu/Cill Mantain). AKA and see "Delahanty's Hornpipe," “Delahunty's Hornpipe,” "Home Brew (The)," “Iron Gate (The),” “John Quinn's (1), “Kerry Hornpipe (1) (A),” "Road to Boyle (The),” "Sonny Murray's.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O’Neill (1913) claims the tune was first published in his Music of Ireland (1903). Taylor's is a more modern version of the tune than the settings found in the original O'Neill's volume.

Source for notated version: Chicago/County Mayo fiddler John McFadden obtained the tune from the playing of one ‘Mr. White’, a flute player born at or near Tralee, County Kerry, who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio [O’Neill]. However, in Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (1910) O’Neill credits the source of the tune to Chicago police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County Kildare [O’Neill]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border [Moylan]; fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford].

Printed sources: Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s Collection), 1994; No. 49, p. 18. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 226, p. 130. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 340, p. 167. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 169. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1579, p. 293. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 828, p. 143. Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 65, p. 47.

Recorded sources: Brenda Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992). RTE CD174, “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O’Keefe” (appears as “John Quinn’s” [1]). Shanachie 97011, Duck Baker - "Irish Reels, Jigs, Airs and Hornpipes" (1990. Learned from a recording by accordion player Tony McMahon). Topic 12T312, “Billy Clifford” (appears as “The Home Brew”). Gael-Linn Records, Tony MacMahon.