Annotation:Lough Key (1) (The)
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LOUGH KEY [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan. Lough Key is in County Roscommon. The first strain is similar enough to be cognate with the first strain of a few other hornpipes: see "O'Mealy's" and "Hornpipe (9)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 298, p. 177. Ryan (The Hidden Ireland: First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan), c. 1985; p. 18.
Recorded sources: James Noonan - "The Maple Leaf: Irish Traditional Music from Boston" (2001).