A book published in 1875 mentions a Kerry fiddler whose name was Gandsey. The book, written by Thomas Crofton Croker, known as Killarney Legends, telIs of Gandsey speaking of the O’Donoghue clan and how he would play two war marches of the O’Donoghue boys from the Robbers’ Glen. After he played ‘The March of the O’Donoghue’s’, he re-tuned his fiddle and played the second one, which he knew as ‘The Eagle’s Whistle’.

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 A,EEA FEED | dd de fd ec | dA BA dA F/G/A | d/c/d df e/f/e ef |
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 A,E EA FE ED | G2 GA BG BG | F/G/F FG AF ED | dd df e/f/e ef |
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 A,E EA FEED | dd de fd ec | dA BA dA F/G/A | d/c/d df e/f/e ef |
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