Kitty of Oulart
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Kitty of Oulart", in Gaelic "Caitilin Ua Uball-Gort", also known as "Donnybrook Boy",<br> "Friendly Jack", "Jackson's Frolic" and "The Mulberry Bush" is an Irish slide or double jig in<br> 12/8 or 6/8 time and F Major (Cole), D Major (Goodman, O'Neill) or G Major (Holden).<br> The parts are played AABB (Cole, Goodman, Holden, Ryan, White) or AABBCC (O'Neill).<br> Oulart Hill, east County Wexford, is the site of a rebel victory over the hated North Cork<br> Militia sent out from Wexford town to disperse them during the Rising of 1798. The town of<br> Oulart lies nearby. Interestingly, the Wexford rebels spoke English, while the North Cork<br> Militia was largely Irish Gaelic speaking.<br> The tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric<br> and uilleann piper Canon James Goodman as an untitled jig (vol. 3, p. 151).<br> It was printed in Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859),<br> Smollet Holden's Collection of Favourite Irish Airs (c. 1841),<br> O'Neill (Krassen) (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907),<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and<br> White's Unique Collection (1896).<br>
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