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PRETTY MAGGIE MORRISSEY ("Ciumais na Mona" or "Mairgreadin Deas Ni Muirgeasa"). AKA and see “The Brighton Hornpipe,” “Duke of Leinster [3],” “The Five Pound Note,” “Hennessy's Hornpipe (1),” “O'Neil's Hornpipe (1),” “Peggy Morrissey,” “Strip of Turf (The) (Ciumhais na Móna),” “Wexford Hornpipe (The).” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo, of whom O’Neill said: “The airy style of his playing, the clear crispness of his tones, and the rhythmic swing of his tunes, left nothing to be desired…” [O’Neill]. Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998? Appears as “Pretty Peggy Morrisey”).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 223. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 83, p. 159. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 68. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1922;, No. 77, p. 20. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 199. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1707, p. 317. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 182, p. 64.

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info []

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