The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) is committed to providing free, universal access to the rich cultural tradition of Irish music, song and dance. If you’re able, we’d love for you to consider a donation. Any level of support will help us preserve and grow this tradition for future generations.
Temple Hill’ is the final tune of a long descriptive set of tunes similar to ‘The Fox Chase’, but in this case it sets the mood of the Battle of Cnoc na nDos (also known as Knockinoss), fought in 1647, that ended with the death of Alastair ‘Colkitto’ MacDonald, a Scottish general who fought with the Irish side.
c | cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2 d | cAG A/B/AA |
ABA GAB | cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2{/^c} d | cAG A/B/AA |
ABA GED || EDE ccE | ccE EDE | cde dcA |
GED EDE | ccE ccE | EFE cde | dcA GAB ||
cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2 d | cAG A/B/AA | ABA GAB |
cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2 d | cAG A/B/AA | ABA GED ||
EDE ccE | c2 E EDE | cde dcA | GED EDE |
ccE c2 E | EDE cde | dcA GAB || cAG A/B/AA |
ABA A2 d | cAG A/B/AA | ABA GAB | cAG A/B/AA |
ABA A2 d | cAG A/B/AA | ABA GED || EDE ccE |
c2 E EDE | cde dcA | GED EDE | ccE c2 E |
EDE cde | dcA GAB || cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2 d |
cAG A/B/AA | ABA GAB | cAG A/B/AA | ABA A2 d |
cAG A/B/AA | ABA GED || EDE ccE | c2 E EDE |
cde dcA | GED EDE | ccE c2 E | EDE cde |
dcA GAB | cAG A3- |