Annotation:Castle Island
Tune properties and standard notation
CASTLE ISLAND. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill {Krassen}): AA'B (O'Neill {1850}). Castleisland is a market town in County Kerry, which takes its name from a castle that formerly stood on the spot. "The Castle of the Island of Kerry" was built in 1226 and stood for some 400 years before being destroyed around the year 1600. There are spectacular limestone cave systems near and under the Castleisland area, running for over two miles.
Source for notated version: Dillon [O'Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 133. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1409, p. 262.
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