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Father O’Grady’s…
This tune is by whistle player Josie McDermott. The first part has an unusual shifting structure, which makes it very confusing to play.
Go here for another transcription: https://thesession.org/tunes/817.
Another version
T:Father O’Grady’s Trip to Bucca
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Jason O’Rourke - The Bunch of Keys
R:reel
Z:gian marco pietrasanta
K:D
d3e fded|cAAG EG~G2|fded cAAG|EFGE D2de|
fded cAAG|EG~G2 A2de|fded cAAG|EFGE D4||
dcde fage|dfed cAFA|~G3A GE~E2|edcA GE~E2|
dcde fage|dfed cA~A2|fAdf gege|1fagc dABG:|2fagc dcde||
Josie’s sleeve notes =
"… named after a missionary priest from the townland of Bocca, near Ballydreen, Co. Roscommon. On a visit home, he gave Josie a flute and in return asked that "You’ll make a tune for me". This is the tune."
Father O’Grady’s Visit To Bocca is actually Bockagh
https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bockagh,+Ireland&aq=0&oq=bockagh&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=6.445331,9.876709&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Bockagh,+County+Roscommon,+Ireland&t=m&z=15&iwloc=A
The above link is from Google Maps and will show you the town-land that Father Peter O’Grady was born. He was born May 23 of 1907 to Peter Grady and Catherine Morrisroe, both from Bockagh, Ballaghadereen, Mayo which today is Roscommon. Ballaghadereen was in Mayo prior to the Irish Revolution and was then re-assigned/evaluated to be part of Roscommon.
Father Peter O’Grady was my granduncle.
Re: Father O’Grady’s Visit To Bocca
Played by Seamus Tierney, All-Ireland Senior Flute champion 2016 :
https://youtu.be/LEZfyXDFeXI
