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CASTLETOWN CONNERS [1] (Baile-Caislean Uí Concobair). AKA - "Castletown Connors." AKA and see "Condon's Frolic's," "Digging for Gold," "Paddy Carty's Jig," "Thatcher (The)," "Walsh's Jig (2)." Irish, Double Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Named for a town in Limerick. O'Neill (Irish Folk Music) says the tune was "unpublished and new to us." Sometimes the parts are reversed.

Source for notated version: John Carey, a native of Limerick [O'Neill]; Jim McElhone (County Derry) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 10, p. 66. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 324, p. 68. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 34.

Recorded sources: Mulligan LUN 207, Martin O'Connor - "The Connaughtman's Rambles." Kells Music 9502, Dervish - "Harmony Hill." Patty Furlong - "Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion" (1999).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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