Annotation:Barrack Hill (1)
X:1 T:Barrack Hill [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Single Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 410 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador e2A A2f|e2d Bcd|e2A A2B|G2A Bcd| e2A A2f|e2d Bcd|e2d g2B|A3 A3:| |:e2d efg|a2b g2e|d2e d2B|d2e dcB| [1 e2d efg|a2b g2e|d2B g2B|A3 A2:| [2 e2d e2f|g2a b2a|g2e d2B|A2a agf||
BARRACK HILL [1] (Cnoc an t-Sluaigteac). AKA and see "Glen Cottage Slide," "John Dan Neill's Jig," "Port Sheáin Dan Nell," "Tanglony (The)." Irish, English; Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Munster. A Dorian: E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Moylan, Sharp): AABB (Karpeles, O'Neill, Raven, Roche, Stanford/Petrie). 12/8 and 2/4 versions of the melody also known as "Haughs of Cromdale (The)" (from which it may have been derived), "O'Neill's March (2)" and "Tralee Gaol." Editor Moylan notes the melody has also been known as "The cat jumped into the mouse's hole and didn't come down till morning." Petrie (1855) identifies the melody as "a Munster jig" and remarks that "it had a peculiar kind of dance." He also adds "Same as a Scotch tune," apparently referring to "Haughs of Cromdale (The)." The tune was recorded by Brendan Begley as "Port Sheáin Dan Nell."
