It's been years since some friends with impeccable taste loaned me the album Tunes from the Goodman Manuscript, and here, at last, is a video of my favorite set from it: An Fhinne-Bhean Mhodhamhuil/Hornpipe 139/Hartney’s Hornpipe (O’Lynne’s March) (The title of the gentle first tune is translated as "The Gracious Fair Lady.")
Canon James Goodman was an uillean piper, a clergyman of the Church of Ireland, and a dedicated collector of traditional music throughout the 19th century. There is a short biographical bit on him at the Irish Traditional Music Archive website, with links of interest.
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