Breen's Hornpipe
BREEN'S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Uí Bhraoin). AKA and see "Mahony's Hornpipe," "The Sports of Listowel." Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian/D Major (Breathnach): D Major (Taylor): A Major (Taylor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related "Loughill Hornpipe." Martin Mulvihill gives the alternate title "Breen's" to the hornpipe "The Sports at Listowel."
Sources for notated versions: Martin Mulvihill (Bronx, NY) [Breathnach]; "from my mother" [Mulvihill].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 226, p. 103. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 41, p. 101. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 58, p. 44.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet Records SIF 1012, "Martin Mulvihill." Shaskeen - "My Love is in America."
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