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Sheebeg and Sheemore

This tune is said to be the first piece composed by Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan

Written in 1791 near Lough Scur, it commemorates a legendary battle of the Kings of the Gentry, the bands of fairies who occupied two local hills, Si Bheag and Si Mhor.

Recorded by Nick Kroes 

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