Monday 26 August 2024
Tune of the Day: Kit O'Mahony's Jig
Traditional Irish jig
This jig is taken from Police Captain Francis O'Neill's celebrated collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903.
Catherine ‛Kit’ O'Mahony (c. 1812–1900) was O'Neill's mother. Raised in a musical household by her parents, Donal and Mary O'Mahony, she later transmitted the melodies she learned during her childhood to her own children.