1. Edward Cronin Collection
Edward Cronin was born c.1838 in Limerick Junction, County Tipperary. As a boy, Cronin was already in demand as a fiddler, playing tunes and long dances for experienced dancers. A weaver by trade, he immigrated to Troy, New York where he was unable to find work. He later moved to Chicago.
Cronin was the source of many tunes in Francis O’Neill’s published work and he regarded as an important teacher of Irish music in Chicago, although O’Neill noted that Cronin’s unique style of bowing and slurring was difficult to pass on to others. He also developed a reputation as a composer of dance tunes, especially hornpipes. He’s known to have composed “Rogers O’Neill’s” and “Caroline O’Neill’s Hornpipe” for two of Francis O’Neill’s children. Although I am unable to definitively attribute to Cronin, this collection was donated to me by Paudie Sullivan who said it was one of his uncle Cuz Teahan’s prize possessions. When Cuz took up playing Irish music again in Chicago in the early 1940s he received this copy from an older musician who told him it originally belonged to Edward Cronin, a friend of Francis O'Neill. |
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Tunes: 1 . The Treaty Stone Of Limerick 2 . Bansha Boys 3. Kitty Gaughan's Hornpipe * 4 . The Boys Of Templemore * 5 . Gaughan's Frolicks 6. The Old Hag That Lost Her Purse 7 . Ballyneety's Walls 8. Shanahan's 9. Golly O 10. All Covered With Moss 11. Miss Allen's Reel 12. Singleton's Jig 13. Come Back To Ireland Sweet Nora Mo Chroí 14. Limerick Races 15. Madame Perry 16. The Glenstale Lasses 17. Old Rosin The Bow 18. The Wren's Hornpipe 19. Cronin's Rambles 20. Cappawhite Lasses 21. Boys Of Kilmalin 22. Bunker Hill 23. Cover The Buckle 24. Billy McCormick's Hornpipe * 25. Boys Of Ballyshannon 26. Gaelic Revival Reel * 27. Rock Of Cashel Hornpipe * 28. Arkansas Traveller 29. They Dairy Maid's Reel * 30. The Jolly Carman's Reel 31. Duck And Drake Reel * 32. Professor McNamara's Hornpipe * 33. The Green Linnett's Whistle * 34. Professor McNamara's Own Favourite 35. Three Mile Bridge 36. The Maids Of Long Stone Reel 37. The Magpie's Nest Double Jig * 38. The Spout Reel 39. Fourth Of July Hornpipe * 40. The Month Of June * 41. Paddy Murphy's Jig 42. The Boy In The Gap * 43. Scanlon's Frolicks * 44. The Corn Cob Pipe 45. Clancy's Delight 46. Lost In The Shuffle 47. The Boys Of Ballinasloe 48. Marry Me Now 49. Here Is A Health To Old Ireland 50. Old Woman's Money 51. Darkie's Dream 52. Red Wing 53. Rakes Of Tramore 54. Busch Waltz 55. Rory of the Hill Hornpipe * * Listed as composed by Cronin or E. Cronin |