The Walls of Liscarroll
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Walls of Liscarroll (in Gaelic Ballaide Lios-Cearbaill) also known as "Andy Hehir's<br> Jig" or "Lads on the Mountain” is an Irish double jig in D Mixolydian, D Dorian or<br> E Dorian. This version is in D Dorian but Williamson gives it with the B part in D Major.<br> The parts are played AABC, AABB or AABB’.<br> The town of Liscarrol, meaning ‘Fort of Cearull,’ is located in county Cork,<br> near the border with Limerick about halfway between the cities of Limerick and Cork<br> and dates from the early Middle Ages. There is a ruined castle there to which the title<br> may refer or it may perhaps reference a battle that occurred at Liscarroll in the<br> 17th century. Williamson (1976) reports that one of the lords of the castle, Sir John Purcell<br> of Hightort, “is remembered for his feat of slaying, when armed only with a carving knife,<br> eight armed robbers as they forced their way into his bedroom”.<br> It was printed in Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005), Miller & Perron's<br> Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, vol. 1 (1977), Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional<br> Fiddle Music 2nd Edition (2006), O'Neill's Irish Music (1915), O'Neill's Music of<br> Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Krassen's O'Neill (1976), Roche's Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1 (1912),<br> Taylor's Music for the Sets: Yellow Book (1995), Vallely's Learn to Play the Tin Whistle<br> with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 2 and Williamson's English, Welsh, Scotch and Irish Fiddle<br> Tunes (1976). <br> It was recorded by Martin Hayes, The Chieftains, Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan.<br>
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