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RAIN A SUP. AKA and see "Annablaha (The)," "Barna (The)," “Bowna (The),” "Bridgie the Weaver's," “Kiskeam Slide (The).” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B. Rain a Sup means ‘rain a little’, but its also possible the name may refer to the small downland of Renasup, near Lisheen. The slide has a number of names in the Sliabh Luachra region of Cork/Kerry.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region, Kerry), recorded in recital at Na Píobairi Uilleann, October, 1984 [Moylan].

Printed sources : - Moylan (Johnny O’Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 47, p. 28. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 16 in slide section (appears as untitled slide).

Recorded sources: -Gael-Linn CEF 092, Julia and Billy Clifford - “Ceol as Sluabh Luachra.”

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