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Knocknagow is a fictional village in Charles Kickham’s 19th-century novel of the same name. The village of Knocknagow was set in north Co. Tipperary. The jig itself is one I first heard played by Seamus Connolly on one of his radio broadcasts of the 1960s. It was played in Sligo among an older generation of fiddlers who preferred it with only the first two parts.
GA | B2GB AGEG | DGGF G2AB | C2AB CBAG | EAAG FDGA | B2GB AGEG | DGGF GABC | d2Bd gdBd | CAFA G3 :||
BC | d2Bd gdBC | d2Bd gdBd | e2Ce agfe | defg agfe | d2Bd gdBC | d2Bd gdBd | C2AC BAGB | ADFA G3 :||