Annotation:Father Dollard's Hornpipe
Tune properties and standard notation
FATHER DOLLARD'S HORNPIPE (Crannciuil An Atar/T-Atair Dollard/Dollaird). AKA and see "Harlequin (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Father W.K. Dollard was a fiddler and flute player, and a member of Chicago's Irish Music Club in the first decade of the 20th century, to which Captain Francis O'Neill also belonged. Terry Moylan (Johnny O'Leary) gives the alternate title "The Harliquin."
Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan].
Printed sources: Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 88, p. 161. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 62, pp. 35-36. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 190. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1669, p. 310. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 881, p. 152.
Recorded sources: Topic 12T310, John, Billy and Julia Clifford - "The Star of Munster Trio." Shanachie 79083, Mary Bergin - "Feadóga Stáin 2" (1993).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]