Scoil: Scoil na Móna Fliche (Moanflugh) (uimhir rolla 10272)

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1. Unpublished Irish Airs (Dance Tunes)

   

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   Unpublished Irish Airs (dance tunes) still heard in School district, and local versions of some published are attached herewith, all taken down by Diarmuid Ó Deasmumhnaigh, O.S.
   1. Píobaire na Gruaige: A pipers reel and a great favourite here.
   2. Con Cotter's Reel: A real old-time flute-player's reel.
   3. Sullivan's Reel: Note striking contrast between the first and second parts.
   4. The Galway Lass: Favourite reel, with "Star of Munster", of professional fiddlers.
   5. Spring Grove Lasses: Mitchell's favourite.
   6. Wallop the Spot: Jig, seldom played nowadays. Name appropriated to a different jig in 'O'Neill's Music of Ireland.'
   7. Árduigh do Shúiste: Well known reel in old times.
   8. Sean-baile Aerach: Reel, confined to locality
   9. Geary's Reel: Reel, also peculiar to locality
   10. Mitchell's Reel: Variation of 'Tie the Ribbons'
   11. Healy's Reel: CF 'Peggy on the Settle', 'Boil the Breakfast Early', 'Kitty Clovers'
   12. Pigeon on the Gate (Local version): Another reel often played locally.

   No. 2 was taken down about 40 years ago, from the flute playing of Con. Cotter, or Conchubhar 'Ac Coitir. He lived with his brother at the latter's farm at Caherbarule, a few miles north of Macroom. While minding the cows he worked arithmetical problems, and was interested in sundials and the angles for each hour. His pockets were full of exercise books in some of which he had noted down phonetically all the Irish songs he could get hold of, going here and there in search of missing verses. This collection found its way, after his death to the University College Cork. See Poems of Máire Bhuidhe Ní Laoghaire, were he is mentioned. He played the flute and concertina, and was fond of humming the tunes, something like 'Dom dom de diddle dom de'. The flute he played on was in three parts, which were kept in an inside coat pocket. He had been a schoolmaster at Céim an Fhiadha, but retired early on a 'lump sum'.

   

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