Annotation:Molloy's Jig

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MOLLOY'S JIG. AKA - "Malloy's Favorite." AKA and see "Ballinamere Jig," "Father Morrison's Delight," "Molloy's Favorite Jig," "Moss Martin's," "Paddy Canny's Jig," "Paddy Carty's Favourite," "Tongs by the Fire (2)," "Tony Molloy's." Irish, Double Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune has South Sligo associations. Recorded by County Tipperary fiddler Sean Ryán (d. 1985) & P.J. Moloney. The jig is a variant of "Contentment is Wealth."

Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; a 1960 Avoca recording of fiddler Seán Ryan & P.J. Moloney [Miller &Perron].

Printed sources: Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 50. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; 64. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 29. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 28. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 44, p. 74.

Recorded sources: Avoca 33-AV-121, "Traditional Music of Ireland, vol. VI." Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington - "The Merry Love to Play" (2007). Compass Records 7 4446 2,Oisíin McAuley - "From the Hills of Donegal" (2007).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]