Annotation:Paddy O'Brien's Hornpipe (1)
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PADDY O'BRIEN'S HORNPIPE [1] (Cornphíopa Phádraig Uí Bhriain). AKA and see “Athlone Hornpipe (The),” "Tara Brooch (The)," "Western Hornpipe (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The Paddy O'Brien named in the title is probably the button accordion player from Co. Tipperary (1922-1991), the son of renowned fiddler Dinny O'Brien. Paddy is recognized as having been a virtuoso on his instrument (along with Joe Cooley), and played and recorded with a variety of bands, including the Tulla Ceili Band, the Ormond Ceili Band and the Aughrim Ceili Band. Breathnach’s source, Seamus Thompson, played the tune in the key of C Major on his recording, and the tune is heard in both keys at sessions.
Source for notated version: fiddler Seamus Thompson (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 217, p. 99. Ceol, VI (1).
Recorded sources: Gael-Linn Records CEF 068, Seamus Thompson - "An Fhidil I" (1978).