Annotation:Fort at Kincora

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FORT AT KINCORA, THE. AKA and see "Ballinakill Hornpipe (The)," "Galway Hornpipe (3)," "Joe Burke's Hornpipe," "Sherlock's." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune appears in Bulmer and Sharpley under the "Sherlocks" title. Associated with County Galway (Joe Burke and Mike Rafferty are from County Galway; Joe from Kilnadeema, Mike from Ballinakill).

Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 274, p. 85.

Recorded sources: Green Linnett GLCD1045, Joe Burke - "The Tailor's Choice" (1983).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

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