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O'SULLIVAN'S (POLKA). AKA - "Sullivan's." AKA - "Moving Bog (4)." Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry Border. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, named after Thadelo O'Sullivan, is played slower than a standard polka.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Thadelo O'Sullivan via accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra), the latter recorded by Breadan Breathnach in Kerry, November, 1970 [Moylan]; Pádraig O'Keeffe [Beisswenger].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 34. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 8, p. 6.
Recorded sources : - Gael-Linn CEF 092, Julia and Billy Clifford - "Ceol as Sliabh Luachra." RTE DC174, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O'Keeffe" (1995, originally recorded in 1948-49, paired with "Callaghan's Polka"). Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - "The Smoky Chimney" (1996. Learned from a recording made by Seamus Ennis for Radio Eireann of the playing of Sliabh Luachra fiddle master Pádraig O'Keeffe).
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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