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DREAM OF HOME, THE (An Tnúthán i ndiadh an Bhaile). AKA and see "Maids in the Meadow (The)," "Maid in the Meadow (The)," "Gearrchaile sa Mhóinéar (An)," "Michael Relihan's," "Mick Relihan's." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Editor Jackie Small (CRÉ V) says the tune "is very popular among musicians in recent years." Source Barrett called the tune "Mick Relihan's," and the tune is attributed to Relihan in Treoir (vol. 2, No. 4). Breathnach had the "Dream of Home" title from a manuscript source.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Tom Barrett (Listowel, County Kerry) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach/Small (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. V), 1999; No. 117, p. 60. Treoir, vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug 1970, p. 13.

Recorded sources : - Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].

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