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KILMALEY (REEL). AKA and see "Glen Allen," "Sonny Martin." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Harker): AABB (Taylor). Kilmaley is a place-name in County Clare [1]. The Kilfenora Ceili Band recorded the tune under this title on their first album, c. 1960. Piper Leo Rowsome recorded it in 1947 under the title "Glen Allen."

Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 24, p. 8. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 31.

Recorded sources: MKM7590, Mike McHale - "The Schoolmaster's House" (2000. Learned from his father, a button accordion player from County Roscommon). Shamrock SLP 904, "The Kilfenora Ceili Band" (1969).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]

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