Annotation:Rathcroghan Reel

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RATHCROGHAN REEL. AKA and see “Floating Crowbar (The).” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AABB (Treoir). wikipedia:Rathcroghan is a complex of archaeological sites near Tulsk in County Roscommon, Ireland. It is identified as the site of Cruachan, the traditional capital of the Connachta, the prehistoric and early historic rulers of the western territory. The tune was composed in the mid-19th century by County Roscommon fiddle player John Powell. See note for "annotation:Floating Crowbar (The)" for more.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill].

Printed sources : - Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 80, p. 21. Treoir, vol. 41, No. 2, 2009; p. 20.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnet CSIF 1012, Martin Mulvihill - "Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick" (1978). DOM CD002, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh & Danny O' Mahony - "As It Happened" (2012).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]



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