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    Méaracáin Mhordáin [comp. Saileog Ní Cheannabháin], reel

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    • Méaracáin Mhordáin [comp. Saileog Ní Cheannabháin], reel / Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, piano, fiddle

    • Méaracáin Mhordáin [comp. Saileog Ní Cheannabháin], reel [played slowly] / Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, piano, fiddle

    I started humming the first part of this tune one summer, sometime between 2010 and 2014, while looking at Croc Mordáin (Mordán’s hill), whilst out walking on the bog near Aill na Méaracáin, near Cill Chiaráin, Connemara. I added the second part when I got home. Mordán, according to local folklore, was a druid who had the hill named after him. Croc Mordáin is the highest hill in south Connemara and has great views from every side on a clear day.

    The title is a mixture of the two placenames, so it became “Méaracáin Mhordáin” – Mordán’s foxgloves.

    Note: The tune was recorded in C, but could be played in any key.

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