Wind that Shakes the Barley [1], The

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T:Wind that Shakes the Barley [1], The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:”Michael B. Shanahan”
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 25)
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 told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated
N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a
N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear
N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy
N:(i.e. in London or Ireland).
F:  http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A2 (AB) FAdc|B2 (BA) BcdB|A=GAB Adfa|gfed Bgfe|
dcdc dAFA|BcBA BcdB|A=GAB Adfa|gfed Bcde||
f2 (fd) g2 (ge)|f2 (fd) ecAc|f2 (fd) g2 (ef)|gfed Bcde|
(3fga (fd) (3gab (ge)|(3fga (fd) ecAc|defg afbf|gfed Bgfe||

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