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CASTLE TOWN HUNT. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The Castletown Hunt was an Anglo-Irish gentleman's club in the 18th century. They were the subject of a pastel by Irish artist Robert Healy (1743-1771), after a commission in the late 1760's of nine paintings from MP Tom Conolly, to be executed at his seat, Castletown, County Kildare.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; p. 6.

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