Annotation:Hermit of Killarney
Tune properties and standard notation
HERMIT OF KILLARNEY (Ditreabac Loca Lein). AKA and see "Adieu Adieu Thou Faithless World," "When War Was Heard." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears in Edward Riley's Flute Melodies, vol. 1 (New York, 1814, p. 14).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; p. 17. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 116, p. 21.
Recorded sources: