Annotation:Ballykeal Jig

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BALLYKEAL JIG (Port an Bhaile Chaoil). Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian/G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Breathnach).

Source for notated version: fiddler Seán Keane (Ireland) [Breathnach, Brody].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 6, p. 5. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 33.

Recorded sources: Claddagh CC17, Seán Keane- "Gusty's Frolicks" (1975. Learned from John Byrt of Ennistymon who had the tune from his father, a concertina player with the Kilfenora Ceili Band). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire- "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (learned from Sean Keane's recording).

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