Annotation:Hills of Kesh (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HILLS OF KESH, THE (Cnocáin na Céise). AKA and see "Blackthorn (2)," "Eel in the Sink (The)," "Irishman's Blackthorn (The)." Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. AABB. The tune was recorded under the "Hills of Kesh" title in 1921 by the great Galway melodeon player, P.J. Conlon. See also Breathnach's related "Scotch Hunt (2)."
Source for notated version: accordion player Joe Sheridan (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 181, p. 82.
Recorded sources: Outlet Records SOLP 1022, Seamus Tansey - "Sligo Ceili" (1973).