Annotation:Doctor O'Neill (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
DOCTOR O'NEILL [1] (An Doctur/Doctuir Ua Niall/Neill). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. Francis O'Neill (Irish Folk Music) says that the tune "created a sensation" when introduced to Chicago traditional musicians and dancers ("who had never heard" it before) by the elderly fiddler Edward Cronin, originally from Limerick Junction, County Tipperary. O'Neill thinks it "quite probable" it had originally been a clan march.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 135, p. 78. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 701, p. 130. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 6, p. 18.
Recorded sources: Comhaltas Ceoltoiri CL13, Tommy Peoples.