Annotation:Kennaw's Reel (2)
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KENNAW'S REEL [2]. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. According to Abeyta et al [1] "Gna" Mac Cionaith--McKenna--was a respected school teacher at Costelloe's Farm in Ballyhorgan, Kerry, and a skilled fiddler. He had a physical handicap, record the authors, but was able to get around on a donkey, "like other fiddle masters, namely Tom Billy Murphy." He is thought to have died in the early 20th century.
See also "My Love and I in the Garden" in Frank Roche's collection, cognate in the first strain, less similar in the second.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Abeyta, MacUileagóid, Guerin, de Grae, Dalton (Drawing from the Well: A Selection of Music from the North Kerry Tradition), 2010; p. 21. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 326.
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- ↑ Abeyta, MacUileagóid, Guerin, de Grae, Dalton, Drawing from the Well: A Selection of Music from the North Kerry Tradition, 2010;, p. 21.