Annotation:Kilkenny Girl (The)

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KILKENNY GIRL, THE (An Cailin Ua Cill-Cainnig). AKA - "Kilkenny Girls." AKA and see "Vento's Farewell." 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." However, despite the Irish connections with O'Flannagan and O'Neill's publications, the jig was first published as an English country dance in London in the latter 18th century by Charles and Samuel Thompson.

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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