Wexford Hornpipe
Also known as
Ciumais Na MonaCornphíopa Loch GarmanDo'igean BachdDoigean BoachdDoigean BochdDunphy's ReelHennessey'sLoch GarmanMairgreadin Deas Ni MuirgeasaMcNamara'sO'Neill'sPretty Maggie MorisseyPretty Maggie MorriseyPretty Peggy MorrisseyThe Wexford
Key
G Major
Type
Hornpipe
Level
BIA
Instrument
Tin Whistle
About this tune
Known here as the "Wexford Hornpipe," this tune is catalogued on thesession.org under "Pretty Maggie Morrissey," one of several titles it has gathered. It has long been a favorite in uilleann piping, recorded early by Liam Walsh and Leo Rowsome. An untitled setting sits in Book 3 of the c. 1883 manuscripts of the Leitrim piper and fiddler Stephen Grier, and it reached print as a hornpipe in O'Neill's "Music of Ireland" (1903). The Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded it, and Seán Ó Riada took it up with Ceoltóirí Chualann.
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Lesson segments
- 1:28
- 1:01
- 9:23
- 4:19
- 15:24
- 4:11
- 4:51
Heard on these recordings
Aidan Coffey with Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn & Colm MurphyThe Corner House Set
Aidan CrosseyWe'll Seek No More Engagements
Carmel GunningThe Sligo Maid
Cathy CustyAn Ceoltoir Fanach
Comhaltas Concert Tour 2005A Traditional Route
Davy SpillaneThe Deep Blue Sea
Dónal Clancy, Brian McGrath & Damien QuinnTell Her I Am
Donncha O'BriainDonncha O'Briain
Donncha O'BriainCeol Ar an bhFeadóg Stáin
Dougie MacDonaldCape Breton Times
Tune data via thesession.org
Part of a set·Tune 1 of 2
Wexford HornpipeMurphy’s Hornpipe