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8 1 21 20120206 21 the family of Lady Gregory of Abbey Theatre fame. She is ‘Miss Pierce’ in 1763, ‘Miss Price’ in 1768, but ‘Miss Pearce’ again in a manu- script copy of the song made by Ralph Ouseley of Limerick (c.1740–1803). 23 She may well have been a Perrse, but almost certainly this particular form of her surname was dictated by the rhyme with ‘verse’. NOTES 1 ‘Some Irish pipers of the eighteenth century’, The United Irishman, 17 October 1903; Alfred Percival Graves (ed.), The Irish song book, with original Irish airs … (Dublin and Lon- don, 1894; 2nd, rev. ed., 1895), pp.13–14. 2 Nick Reddin, The Irish Crokers, p. 51. Online @ http://mem- bers.iinet.net.au/~nickred/croker_research/The_Irish_CRO- KER.pdf Accessed 29 December 2011. 3 P. Fitzgerald and J.J. M'Gregor, The history, topography, and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick (vol. I, Dublin, 1826; vol. II, Dublin, 1827), II, appendix no. 8, p. 50. 4 Ignatius Murphy, The diocese of Killaloe in the eighteenth century (Dublin, 1991), pp. 71, 249. 5 James Frost, The history and topography of the county of Clare … (Dublin, 1893), p. 627. 6 Burk Thumoth, Twelve Scotch and Twelve Irish airs with vari- ations set for the German flute, violin or harpsichord (London, 1745), p. 42. 7 Vincent Morley, An crann ós coill: Aodh Buí Mac Cruitín, c.1680–1725, (Baile Átha Cliath, 1995), lgh. 156, 163. 8 Hugh Shields (ed.), Old Dublin Songs (Dublin, 1988), pp. 13–14. 9 Andrew Carpenter (ed.), Verse in English from Tudor and Stu- art Ireland (Cork, 2003), pp. 210–11. 10 The popular songs of Ireland (London, 1839), pp. 251–6. ‘Miss Crumpe’ was probably the novelist of that name who lived on George’s Street, Limerick: ‘Crumpe, Miss M.G.T., Isabel St Albe (1823),’ British Fiction, 1800–1829: Publishing Papers @ http://www.british-fiction.cf.ac.uk/publishing/isab23 -30.html Accessed 29 December 2011. 11 ‘National Song of Ireland’, Fraser’s Magazine, iii, 17 (June 1831), 552–3. 12 Crofton Croker rewrote some verses in the ‘Rakes of Mal- low’, the originals of which would have been unacceptable to his audience: Popular Songs, pp. 263–4. As a Corkman, he transgressed more grievously in stating that the air of the song was ‘Sandy lent the Man his Mull’, which was a Scottish song written to the ‘Rakes of Mallow’. 13 Bruce Olson, ‘Some old songs, a personal choice’, @ http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/Olson/ Accessed 29 December 2011. 14 David Dickson, Arctic Ireland: the extraordinary story of the Great Frost and Forgotten Famine of 1740–41 (Belfast, 1997). 15 G. N. Clark, The later Stuarts, 1660–1714 (Oxford, 1934), p. 166. 16 Popular songs, p. 252. 17 ‘National songs of Ireland’, 552. 18 ibid. 19 David Stevenson, The Beggar’s Benison: Sex Clubs of En- lightenment Scotland (Edinburgh, 2001). 20 ‘National songs of Ireland’, 553. 21 ‘Some Irish pipers of the eighteenth century’. 22 F.E. Ball, The judges in Ireland, 1221–1921 (2 vols., London, 1926), II, p. 207. 23 Maurice Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (Dublin, 1867), p. 343. OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN S COIL SAMHRAIDH WILLIE CLANCY has an- nounced OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN, a Family Scholarship in honour of Muiris Ó Rócháin, one of the founders of the Summer School who sadly passed away last year. OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN is open to any family with two or more family members wishing to attend classes at the Summer School. OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN will entitle the family to use of a three-bedroom house during Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy and free access to classes for up to four family members either adults or children. In this inaugural year of OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN, the organisers of Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy have asked Na Píobairí Uilleann to review the applications and award the scholarship. To apply, complete the form posted on our website and email to gerry@pipers.ie or post to: OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHAIN, Na Píobairí Uilleann, 15 Henrietta St., Dublin 1 Closing date for applications is Monday 30th April 2012 and the OINEACH MHUIRIS UÍ RÓCHÁIN scholarship will be awarded by 31st May.

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