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KATHERINE O'MORE. AKA and see "O'Moore's Fair Daughter," "Hawk of Ballyshannon (The)," "Hawk of Lough Eirne of Ballyshannon (The)," "Port Athol." Irish, Planxty (2/4 time). F# Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Words to the melody, a reworking of a tune by Rory Dall (O'Cahan), were composed by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). See note for "Talk:Hawk of Ballyshannon (The)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 134, p. 95. O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 134.
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