"Chief O'Neill's Favorite"
(Roga an Taoisaig Uí Niall, (Chief) O'Neil(l)'s (Favourite/Fancy), Flowers Of Ardigne, The Flowers of Adrigole, Whiskey In The Jar.)
unknown, Dmix, AABBAB.
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Playing or Personal Notes:
No personal notes.
History
A contributer to The Session says;
The Chief O'Neill in question is, presumably, the chief of the Chicago police force who managed to collect so many Irish tunes into the famous "O'Neill's 1001" collection. Apparently, just about every officer in the Chicago police force at the time could play a musical instrument.
The Fiddler's Companion says that;
He obtained this tune from Edward Cronin, a fiddler originally from County Tipperary, who had no name for it and christened it after the Chief. O'Neill admired Cronin, who was a weaver and a machinist as well as a musician and composer, and obtained many tunes from him, including two originals ("The Bantry" and "Caroline O'Neill's Hornpipe") that he printed in Music of Ireland (1903).
On the Web:
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