Whiskey and Beer (2)
X:1 % T:Whiskey & Beer [2] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:”Daniel Kelleher, Clonaugh, Castleisland, Co. Kerry” N:”Most Perfect. Professor P.D. Reidy.” S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 31) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901. According N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s N:collection. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D e|dcA A2G|FGA cAd|dcA A2G|Add fed| cAA A2A|F(G/A/B) cde|fed cAG|Add d2:| e|f2f ede|fed cde|fed edc|Add d2e| fff ede|fed cde|fed cAG|Add d2e| fgf edd|fed cde|fed edc|Add d2f| afa geg|fed cde|fed cAG|Add d2||