Annotation:Sir Barry Denny's March
X:1 T:Sir Barry Denny's March M:C L:1/8 R:March S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 111. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=114&z=-2815.4555%2C0%2C13806.911%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G GA|B2 BB B2 GB|d2 dd d2 ef|gfed BdBG|A2 AA A2 GA| B2 BB B2 GB|d2 dd d3c|Bedc B2A2|G2 GG G2:| |:(Bc)|d2 dd (dB)(dB)|G2 GG G2 ef|gfed BdGB|A2 AA A2 GA| B2 BB B2 (GB)|d2 dd d3c|Bedc B2A2|G2 GG G2:|]
SIR BARRY DENNY'S MARCH. AKA and see "Inverary March," "O'Brien of Arra." Irish, March (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. There were two Sir Barry Denny's in Tralee, Ireland, father and son, both Baronets and Anglo-Irish politicians representing County Kerry in Parliament. The elder Sir Barry died in 1794, leaving the title to his newly-married son and namesake, who was also High Sheriff of Kerry that year. Sir Barry, Jr., did not live long to enjoy either a new family or position, as it happened, for in a by-election for a Parliamentary seat in October, 1794, Denny promised to remain neutral and not come between the Crosbie, Blennerhassett and Herbert families who were contesting the seat. One of the candidates, John Gustavus Crosbie, took offense at one of Denny's remarks, which he took to be a breach of his neutrality, and challenged him to a duel. Denny accepted the challenger, but was shot through the head and killed by Crosbie.