Repeal of the Union
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Repeal of the Union", in Gaelic "Aisgairm na Aonacda" or "Aisghairm na hAontachta",<br> also known as "The Emyvale", "Gurtaglanna Reel", "Kate Gaynor's Fancy", "Peel of the Onion",<br> "The Peeling of the Onion" or "Roll Her in the Rushes" is an Irish reel in<br> D Mixolydian (Breathnach, O'Neill/Krassen) or D Major (Cole, O'Neill/1001).<br> The parts are played AB (Breathnach, Coles, O'Neill/Krassen & 1001) or AABB' (O'Neill).<br> The title commemorates over a century of political events arising from the Act of<br> Union (1800) in which the Irish Parliament was merged with the British legislature.<br> The Home Rule League finally gained momentum in the 1870’s, following the work of<br> Daniel O’Connell (1775-1847) and his earlier victory of Catholic Emancipation.<br> Two Irish Home Rule bills failed in Parliament in 1886 and 1893. A third bill was eventually<br> passed in 1914 but was not enacted due to the commencement of World War I. The Fourth<br> Irish Home Rule Act was passed in 1920 but resulted in the partition of Ireland<br> with Home Rule established in Northern Ireland and, for the rest of Ireland,<br> Irish independence through the Irish Free State Constitution Act of 1922.<br> The first strain of the tune is also shared with the "The Millstone/The Milestone"<br> family of tunes. The second strain is cognate with the second strain of<br> "Kitty's Gone a Milking".<br> It was printed Breathnach's CRÉ I (1963),<br> Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<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),<br> Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883).<br> It was recorded by The Chieftains on The Chieftains (1978),<br> Jack and Charlie Coen on The Branch Line (1992),<br> James Keane on With Friends Like These (1998),<br> Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon on Whirlwind (1995). <br>
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