Annotation:Flaherty's Hornpipe

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FLAHERTY'S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa an Fhlaitheartaigh). AKA and see "New College Hornpipe (2) (A)," "Avondale (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Breathnach (1985) says the titles "A New College Hornpipe" and "The Avondale" are Limerick names for the tune.

Source for notated version: fiddlers Paddy Reynolds and Andy McGann (New York) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 224, p. 102. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 144, p. 72.

Recorded sources: Shanachie Records 22904, Andy McCann & Paddy Reynolds - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1976).