Annotation:Donald McDonald
X:1 T:Donald McDonald M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|d2c BAB G2A|Bcd dgB d2g|edc BAB GAB|E2e ef^d e2:| |:g|def gag fed|Bcd dgB d2g|def gag fed|B2e ef^d e2g| def gag fed|Bcd gdB d2g|edc Bcd GAB|E2e ef^d|e2||
PATRICK McDONALD. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Petrie): AAB (McGahon). The tune appears under the title "Patrick McDonald" in the 1817 music manuscript collection of Patrick McGahon, a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other hands.
