The Princess Royal
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
in Gaelic "Bean-Priunsa Riogda" or "Beanphrionsa Rioghamhuil". <br> Also known as "Miss MacDermott" ("Inion Nic Diarmada").<br> The air under the title "Princess Royal" or "Miss MacDermott"<br> is attributed to O'Carolan by collector Edward Bunting<br> (The Ancient Music of Ireland, 1840), with the note “composed by<br> Carolan for the daughter of MacDermott Roe, the representative of<br> the old princes of Coolavin.” O'Sullivan, however, notes there<br> were two branches of the County Roscommon family; the MacDermotts<br> of Alderford, usually known by the title MacDermott Roe, and the<br> MacDermotts of Coolavin. The head of the latter branch was known<br> in O'Carolan's time as the Prince of Coolavin, and O'Sullivan<br> believes it probable that the Princess Royal was his eldest<br> daughter and not of the MacDermott Roes.<br> I learned it from Miles Krassen's edition of O'Neill.<br>
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