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... ambassador to the US; by Bill Whelan, the composer of the music for Riverdance, and she's ... is just that, rooted in tradition based on history, pain, suffering and misery.” Twitter users ... is lots of historical evidence about "jig dancing" being a pastime shared by Irish ...

I'm probably overly aware of or concerned with history in general. I think it's revealing that ... They were told they could not enter the Irish Jig dancing contests, ”We have been fighting this ... reason given. Stephen Foster was a brilliant composer! His songs are marvelous and then you get ...

I'm probably overly aware of or concerned with history in general. I think it's revealing that ... They were told they could not enter the Irish Jig dancing contests, ”We have been fighting this ... reason given. Stephen Foster was a brilliant composer! His songs are marvelous and then you get ...

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... from a song called Paidín Ó Raffartaigh. It's not the name of the composer anyway. Bríste gan básta a bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh, Hata buí ... [1]. AKA and see "Padeen O'Rafferty." Irish, Scottish; Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. ABCD (O'Sullivan/Bunting): AABB (Carlin/Gow, ...

... the tunes by Paddy O'Rafferty, referring to jig author/composer, also known as Paddy O Rafferty’s, Paddy O’ Reafferty, ... I have the tune(s), but what I'm searching for is the history about the man and whether he even existed, or were ...

... I'm sure some names are disputed or lost to history, but I'm guessing a lot have a well-documented ... tune, yes, there will be a 'real name' if the composer named it (some don't). But with traditional ... time signatures in various countries. So a jig with a very Irish-sounding name might crop ...