A collection of printed music folios stitched into a rough cover of goatskin, inscribed at front 'Padraig O Niall 48', also 'Musick Book No. 2', with about 100 tunes (almost all Irish traditional, mostly titled in Irish) inscribed in manuscript on the blank backs of the printed sheets at front and rear, with a few sheets entirely in manuscript, the pages numbered 1-248/

collected by Pádraig O'Neill of Owning, near Carrick-on-Suir.
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: O Neill, Patrick, 1765-1832, collector and scribe
Format: Manuscript
Language:Irish
Citation:National Library of Ireland. Department of Manuscripts.
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Notes:The manuscript Irish tunes include Cumhadh Eoghain Ruadh, Rabuire on Mumhain, Spailpín a Rúin, The Wounded Hussar, Eadhmon a Chnuic, Caitlín Triall, Cumha Alasdruim.

The printed sheets are of some interest in their own right, mainly late 18th century, Dublin printed, many of them issued by Hill of Mary Street, or with Exshaw's or Walker's Hibernian Magazine.

Physical description: 120 leaves; stitched volume, circa 33 x 22 cm.

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MS 44,806/3
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