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Ad BA|DF FE/D/|CE GE|BA F>G|Ad BA|DF FE/D/|CE GE|1 ED D2:|2 ED DE||
|:FE/F/ GF/G/|BA FD|AB/A/ GE|BA FD|FE/F/ GF/G/|BA FD|AB/A/ GE|1 ED DE:|2 ED D2||
GULLANE POLKA [1]. AKA and see "Guillane (The)," "Sliabh Luachra (The)." Irish, Polka(s). Ireland; Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border, Kenmare. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Often played in a medley with "Gullane Polka (2)", known collectively as the "Gullane Polkas," although source O'Leary paired #1 with "Jack Sweeney's." Gullane is a hamlet just outside of the west Kerry border town of Rathmore.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region, Kerry), recorded in recital a Na Piobairi Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan].
Printed sources : - Mallinson (100 Irish Polkas), 1997; No. 96, p. 37. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 45, p. 27. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 9 (appears as "The Guillane Polka").
Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEF 092, Julia and Billy Clifford - "Ceol as Sliabh Luachra" (titled after Johnny O'Leary, from whom the had the tune). GN1, Joe Thoma - "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare."
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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