Sord Cholmcille polka

This polka was recorded by the Gallowglass Ceili Band.
I don’t know anything about it, but you can see it being played here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtgV9-0B3F4

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Lovely polka! Anyone else know anything about it?

This polka is Maggie in the Woods, which is usually played for the last figure of the Connemara set.

The first one in the clip is Maggie in the Woods, but the tune mandokid has transcribed is the next tune in the YouTube set.

And the third one in the set is the Church St. polka https://thesession.org/tunes/1560 - then they go back to Maggie in the woods to finish.

X:2 - this is the version that is commonly played at English traditional sessions where it is known as “The Sword of St. Columba.”

“Gaelic: Sord Cholmcille - St. Colmcille’s Well

The town’s origins date back to 560 AD when it was founded by Saint Colmcille (521-597). Legend has it that the saint blessed a local well, giving the town its name, Sord, meaning “clear” or “pure”. However, An Sord also means “the water source” and could indicate a large communal drinking well that existed in antiquity. St. Colmcille’s Well is located on Well Road off Swords Main Street…
…The original word is properly written “Sord,” or “Surd,” which is interpreted “clear,” or “pure,” although in modern Irish the word so spelt bears the meaning of “order … industry … diligence.” The w came into it after the settlement of the English, who wrote the name Swerds, though pronounced Swords, as the verb shew has the sound of show…

Swords, north County Dublin, Ireland

http://gaelart.net/swordshistory.html#.UYTh7Uqjkrs

“Mack’s Rambles” This setting is from Waltons Ireland’s Best Polkas and Slides #7. This name is also given to Dan Mac’s (The Newmarket) https://thesession.org/tunes/330. The tunes are clearly close relatives.