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Thread #1153 Message #3293603
Posted By: GUEST,pizel
20-Jan-12 - 05:52 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Johnny Todd
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Johnny Todd

Paul Burke 3.6.11 makes mention of Neil Munroe.
Munroe in a 1907 book gives us an insight into the sheepskin drum played in Scotland, this was called in Scotland a Dallan and it is the same as the Irish drum.
Does anyone know the date when the Irish version first gets a mention in print?