Annotation:Annaghbeg Polka, The

ANNAGHBEG POLKA, THE. Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Annaghbeg is a village in the Sliabh Luachra region of southern Ireland. The source for the tune, Johnny O'Leary (recorded in Ballydesmond in February, 1973), usually plays this and similar tunes at a fast hornpipe/slow polka tempo, though he occasionally plays in faster. He said to Terry Moylan:

You want to play that very fast for the fourth part and it's lovely. They'll dance grand for it. Above in Knocknagree now no problem in the world when I'm playing that. By playing it fast they'd be flying off the floor for it.

Source for notated version: Learned by accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra) from Din Tarrant [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 18, pgs. 11-12.