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X:3015 T:Ghost of Bunglass (air) % nf<bb B:"Northern Fiddler" 091.1 (JD) Z:Andrew Robinson (ABCs: B.Black) Edited. Peter Dunk L:1/8 M:6/8 R:Jig Q:220 K:G major DEF|:G2G G2D|G2G G2B|d2B g2B|A2G E2D| G2G G2D|G2G G2E|D2C B,2A,|1 G,3-G,2D:|2 G,3-G,2f|| g2a b2g|e2d B2d|g2a b2g|e3 e2g| fga d2g|fga d2f|ecA dAF|1 G3-GBd:|2 HG6|]

GHOST OF BUNGLASS, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). Ireland, County Donegal. G Major: D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. A version of the tune better-known in Donegal as "Taibhse Chonaill" (Conall's Ghost), according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. Supposedly the tune is a fiddler's rendition of a ghost's sung lament.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty].

Printed sources : - Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 91.

Recorded sources : - Cairdeas na bhFidiléirí CNF 004, Con Cassidy - "Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal" (2007. Originally recorded 1984).

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