Annotation:McDonogh’s Lamentation

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McDONOGH'S LAMENTATION AKA and see "Councillor McDonogh's Lamentation," "Lament for Terence MacDonough," "Young Terence McDonough." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "McDonogh's Lamentation" is Dublin publisher John & William Neal's and expatriate Scottish cellist and composer James Oswald's version of Turlough Carolan's air "Lament for Terence McDonough." The Irish bard composed it in memory of a Catholic lawyer from County Sligo. See note for "Annotation:Lament for Terence MacDonough" for more.

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Printed sources: John & William Neal (A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes), 1724; p. 10. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 8), 1760; p. 19. Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson (The Hibernian Muse), London, 1787; No. 95, p. 59.

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