Oak Stick [3], The

X:1
T:Oak Stick [3], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:”by Daniel Kelleher, Clonough, Castle Island, Co. Kerry.”
N:The jig follows “Old Walls of Liscarrol” in the MS. and
N:seems to have been 2nd tune in medley.
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 3)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been
N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from
N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in
N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher
N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions
N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901.  According
N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the
N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s collection.
F:  http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGG EFD|DGG EFD|DGG FGA|BdB AFD|
DGG EFD|DGG EFD|GFG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:A|B3 BAG|FAF AFD|BcB BAB|def gec|
BcB BAG|FAF AFD|GFG AGA|(Bc/d/B) AFD:|]

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