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Only For Barney jig
There are 18 recordings of this tune.
Only For Barney has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Four comments
Only for Barney
Source: Niall Ó Murchú
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_275_1_niall_o_murchu
Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh, who explains that Barney was a pet name for her daughter, whose delight was watching the TV show “The Flintstones.” (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 51.
A tin whistle version here
Re: Only For Barney
Played by Padraig Rynne and friends at the All-Ireland Fleadh in Ballina, 1997.
At 19’16 https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/categories/irish-music-series/play/?pid=6185117434001&title=Fleadh%20Cheoil%201997&series=Fleadh%20Cheoil%201995%20-%202000&pcode=606678&genre=Ceol
Re: Only For Barney
This is such a nice tune. Here’s another whistle version, by Cian Kearns. I quite like his pairing of it with The Bride’s Favorite
https://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_263_1_cian_kearns_on_whistle