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The Edmond Manuscript
Jimmy Edmond (1873 - 1935) was a fiddle player from the Curragh, a mile south of Killinchy in East Down.
The manuscripts below have been handed down from Jimmy Edmond to his niece Mary Jane to Jackie Donnan to myself. Jackie Donnan met Mary Jane on the road near Derryboye in 1951 and expressed interest in the Edmond's jig The Pleasures of Summer. He had heard about Edmond's playing of the tune from his mentor Willie McCloy. Mary Jane called with Jackie a few days later and gave him the one page of Jimmy Edmond's manuscripts that contained the jig. Sadly the remainder of the Edmond manuscripts were burnt.

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Reel - Captain Bounce (HD ref JE181)
Reel - Fight about the Coals (HD ref JE181)
[See also Captain Bounce transcribed by Willie McCloy (HD ref JS85). There is a vast difference in the bowing between Jimmy Edmond's version and that scribed by Willie McCloy. This is particularly interesting as they only lived a couple of miles apart.]

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Jig - Sheelin Agra (HD ref JE180)
Hornpipe - Jack's the Lad (HD ref JE179)

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Jig - The Pleasure of Summer (HD ref JE180)


4
Jig - Happy to Meet (HD ref JE179)
Jig - Paddy get up (HD ref JE179)
Jig - Paddy O'Carrel (HD ref JE180)

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