Annotation:Green Woods of Truigha (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
GREEN WOODS OF TRUIGHA/TRUAGH (Coillte Glas na Triuca). AKA and see "Silence is in Our Festive Halls." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.. The air (along with "Mrs. Crofton," sometimes "Madame Crofton") was played by blind harper Arthur O'Neill (1734-1818) at the first Granard Harp Competition in 1781, a performance which earned him the second prize of eight guineas. The next year at the second Granard gathering O'Neill again won second prize playing the tune once again, this time paired with "Fairy Queen (The)." The prize, however, had been reduced to six guineas.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 276, p. 48.
Recorded sources: