Annotation:Rocks of Cashel (1) (The)

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X:1 T:Rocks of Cashel [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 91 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C ((3G,/A,/B,/ | C/)B,/C/D/ (E/G/)G | A/d/d/e/ d/c/A/B/ | {d}c/B/c/A/ G/E/c/A/ | (G/F/).E/.D/ E((3G,/A,/B,/ | C/)B,/C/D/ (E/G/)G | A/d/d/e/ d/c/A/B/ | {d}c/B/c/A/ G/E/c/A/ | G/F/E/D/ Cz || Tc(e/c/) g/c/e/c/ | a/g/f/e/ B/c/d/B/ | Tc(e/c/) g/c/e/c/ | a/g/f/d/ c/G/A/B/ | Tc(e/c/) g/c/e/c/ | a/g/f/e/ B/c/d/B/ | Tc(e/c/) g/c/e/c/ | (a/g/)f/d/ c ||

ROCKS OF CASHEL [1], THE. AKA and see “Carrigaline,” “Milestone (2) (The),” "Steeplechase (2)." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel was printed in William Bradbury Ryan's Ryan's Mammoth Collection, issued in 1883 in Boston by the Elias Howe music company. The melody is more famously known as "Steeplechase (2)", the title employed by by Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran on his recording. It was printed around the turn of the 20th century by Chief O’Neill under the title “Carrigaline.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 48. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 117, p. 31 (appears as “The Rock of Cashel”). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 75. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 91, p. 16.

Recorded sources: -