Annotation:Dooney Rock

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DOONEY ROCK. AKA and see "Seán Ryan's Jig [2]." Irish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fiddle and whistle player Seán Ryan (d. 1985) of Nenagh, County Tipperary. Ryan won the All-Ireland senior fiddle championship in 1955 and 1956. Dooney Rock is a limestone height in County Sligo overlooking the southern shore of Lough Gill, and is the setting for Yeat's poem "The Fiddler of Dooney."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 32, p. 31. Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), No. 8.

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Tune properties and standard notation