Annotation:Barrack Hill (1)

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BARRACK HILL [1] (Cnoc an t-Sluaigteac). AKA and see "Glen Cottage Slide," "John Dan Neill's Jig," "Port Sheáin Dan Nell," "Tanglony (The)." Irish, English; Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Munster. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Moylan, Sharp): AABB (Karpeles, O'Neill, Raven, Roche, Stanford/Petrie). A 12/8 and 2/4 versions of the melody are known as "Haughs of Cromdale (The)," "O'Neill's March (2)" and "Tralee Gaol." Editor Moylan notes the melody has also been known as "The cat jumped into the mouse's hole and didn't come down till morning." Petrie (1855) identifies the melody as "a Munster jig" and remarks that "it had a peculiar kind of dance." He also adds "Same as a Scotch tune." The tune was recorded by Brendan Begley as "Port Sheáin Dan Nell."

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

Printed sources: Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 25. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 320, p. 183. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 410, p. 81. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 178. Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. II), 1912; No. 250, p. 23. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 57.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]