Annotation:Jackson's Walk to Limerick

JACKSON'S WALK TO LIMERICK (Triall Mhic Shiacais ar Luimneach). AKA and see "Bob Thompson's Favourite," "Coravat Jig (1) (The)," "Geese in the Bog (2) (The)," "Grouse in the Bog (The)," "Green Meadow (2) (The)," "Humors of Glin (5)," "Humors of Limerick (2) (The)," "Jackson's Walk to Limerick," "Jackson's Trip to Limerick," "Jackson's Coola," "Lark's March (The)," "Mist on the Meadow," "Morrison's Fancy," "Mountain Lark (5) (The)," "Piper's Frolic (The)," "Tom Broderick's Jig," "Tuhy's Frolic," "Twice Tricked," "Wiseman's Favourite." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCDE. Related tunes include O'Neill's "Geese in the Bog (2) (The)" (DMI, 279), "Morrison's Fancy/Castlebar Races," and "Nóra Chrionna." The first two parts of the tune are also known as "Humors of Glin (5)" in Mitchell and Small's The Piping of Patsy Tuohey (1986). The tune, attributed to the 18th century gentleman piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick, appears in Patrick Gunn's manuscript collection (p. 16).

Source for notated version: John & Tommy Gunn (County Fermanagh) [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 22, p. 12.

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