Annotation:O'Dwyer's Hornpipe (1)
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O'DWYER'S HORNPIPE [1] (Crannciuil Ui Dubuidir). AKA and see "Dwyer's Hornpipe (2)," "Durroch's Hornpipe," "McConnell's," "Rock's Hornpipe," "O'Keeffe's Hornpipe (1)," "Prime's Hornpipe, "Prine's Hornpipe," "Waterford Hornpipe (1)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Levey): AA'BB'CC' (Harker/Rafferty, Moylan): AABBCCDD (O'Neill). In County Donegal the hornpipe is known as "An Gasur Mor" (The Big Young Lad), from the playing of fiddler John Doherty. The melody appears first in print in O'Farrell's Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes & Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (1797-1800) under the title "Waterford Hornpipe." The fourth part of the tune (actually part 3 in O'Neill's version) was added by Francis O'Neill in Music of Ireland (1903). Uilleann piper Seamus Ennis recorded this hornpipe (as "Dwyer's") on his 1973 album.
Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 271, p. 84. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 33, p. 14 (appears as untitled hornpipe). Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 105, p. 61. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 173. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1597, p. 296. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 842, p. 145. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 337, p. 166.
Recorded sources: Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O'Leary - "An Calmfhear/The Trooper" (1989. Appears as first tune "O'Keeffe's Hornpipes," named for fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe from whom O'Leary had the tune). Spring Records SCD1037, Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush." Tara 1002, Seamus Ennis - "The Pure Drop" (1973).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]