Annotation:Kilkenny Girl (The)

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KILKENNY GIRL, THE (An Cailin Ua Cill-Cainnig). AKA - "Kilkenny Girls." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first printed in The Hibernia Collection, edited by Patrick O'Flannagan and published in Boston by Elias Howe. O'Flannagan's title as "Kilkenny Girls."

Kilkenny takes its name from Saint Kenneth, a companion of St. Columba.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Flannagan (The Hibernia Collection), Boston, 1860; p. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 752, p. 140.

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