O'Dwyer's Hornpipe
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"O'Dwyer's Hornpipe", in Gaelic "Crannciuil Ui Dubuidir", also known as "Dwyer’s Hornpipe",<br> "Durroch’s Hornpipe", "McConnell’s", "Rock's Hornpipe", "O’Keeffe’s Hornpipe",<br> "Prime's Hornpipe", "Prine’s Hornpipe" or "Waterford Hornpipe" is an Irish hornpipe in G Major.<br> The parts are played AABBCC (Levey), AA’BB’CC’ (Harker/Rafferty, Moylan) or AABBCCDD (O’Neill).<br> In County Donegal the hornpipe is known as "An Gasur Mor" (The Big Young Lad), from the playing<br> of fiddler John Doherty. The melody appears first in print in O’Farrell’s Collection of National<br> Irish Music for the Union Pipes & Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (1797-1800) under<br> the title "Waterford Hornpipe". Seamus Ennis recorded this hornpipe. The fourth part of the tune<br> (acutally part 3 in O’Neill’s version) was added by Captain O’Neill in Music of Ireland (1903).<br> It was printed in<br> Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005),<br> Levey's Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907) and<br> O’Neill's O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915).<br> It was recorded by Johnny O’Leary on An Calmfhear/The Trooper,<br> Néillidh Mulligan on The Leitrim Thrush and<br> Mick Maloney on Strings Attached.<br>
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