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Gan Ainm 4

This tune appears to be localised to Inishowen.

Gan Ainm No. 3

This was a common barndance around the Rosses during Danny O’Donnell’s youth. See also parts 3 and 4 of Jim McBride’s No. 2 for similar versions.

Gan Ainm No. 1

This was a common barndance around the Rosses during Danny O’Donnell’s youth. It is a close setting of the first two parts of Jim McBride’s No 2. It…

Dermot McLaughlin’s

Dermot McLaughlin was Paul O’Shaughnessy’s source for this tune.

Dance Transcription

This is a transcription of the dance movements of the Barndance in the couple dance format as done in Donegal and set to Green Grow the Rushes-O. This…

Con Cassidy’s No. 2

Con remembered this tune from the older generation of fiddlers of his youth around Teileann.

Con Cassidy’s No. 1

Con remembered this tune from the older generation of fiddlers of his youth around Teileann.

The Cois Cladaigh

The Cois Cladaigh. Proinsias Ó Maonaigh learned this from his mother Roise Bheag Roise Mhóire who learned it from An Píobaire Mór, Tarlach Mac Suibhne. It is related…