Annotation:Kildare Fancy

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KILDARE FANCY, THE ("Roga Cille-Dara" or "Rogha Chill Dara"). AKA and see “Kildare Hornpipe (1) (The)," "Pantomime Reel (2)," "Union Hornpipe (3).” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'Kildare', derived from the Irish Gaelic cill dara, means 'Church of the Oaks' or "the 'cell' by the oak' (referring to a monastery founded by St. Bride). The melody was first recorded under this title by piper Patsy Tuohey, and if fact is a favorite of pipers in general. The tune uses a portion of the melodic material also covered in "Cincinatti Hornpipe (1)," "Cliff Hornpipe," "Cork Hornpipe (1)," "Dundee Hornpipe," "Duxberry Hornpipe," "Fred Wilson's Clog," "Harvest Home (1)," "Higgins' Hornpipe," "Kephart's Clog" (Pa.), "Liverpool Hornpipe (2) (The)" (Bayard's No. 2), "Paine's Reel," "Pantomime Reel (2)," "Ruby Lip," "Snyder's Jig" (Pa.), "Standard Hornpipe," "Union Hornpipe (3)," "Wilson's Clog (1)," "Zig-Zag Hornpipe/Clog."

Sources for notated versions: Chicago police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County Kildare [O'Neill]; piper Jim Brophy, 1972 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; fiddler Peter Turbut [Feldman & O'Doherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 298, p. 153. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 78. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 245. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 265, p. 151. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 320, p. 158. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 164. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1559, p. 283. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 809, p. 140.

Recorded sources: Alcazar Dance Series FR 203, Rodney Miller - "New England Chestnuts" (1980. Learned from the playing of Adirondack fiddler Larry Older). Flying Fish FF-055, The Red Clay Ramblers - "Merchants Lunch" (1977).

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