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Pádraig O’Keefe of Co. Kerry is remembered for giving this jig to many Sliabh Luachra musicians including Denis Murphy and his sister Julia Clifford. I’ve heard from some Kerry locals that once Pádraig got fairly well oiled, he would offer to play this one and introduce it as ‘The Gob Stopper’.
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