The Dawning of the Day (aka Raglan Road) - Bagpipes
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- “The Dawning of the Day” (Irish: Fáinne Gael an Lae) is an old Irish air composed by the blind harpist Thomas Connellan (c. 1640/1645 - 1698) in the 17th Century. Connellan was born about 1640/1645 at Cloonmahon, County Sligo. Both he and his brother, William Connellan became harpers. Thomas is famous for the words and music of Molly MacAlpin, which is better known today as "Carolan's Dream". Turlough O'Carolan, Ireland's pre-eminent composer of the 17th and 18th centuries, loved the song so much that he is stated as saying that he would have traded all his own tunes in order to be the composer of Molly MacAlpin.
“Fáine Geal an Lae” literally translates as ‘the bright ring of day’, referring to dawn. It was one of the tunes played in competition by 95 year old Irish harper known variously as Denis O'Hansey, O’Hampsey, Henson or Hampson (Donnchadh a Haimpsuigh) at the last great meeting of the ancient Irish harpers in July, 1792, at the Belfast Harp Festival. O'Hampsey lived to the age of 110. Bunting also states that blind harper William Carr (1777-?), originally from County Armagh, played it at the same competition.
The tune was published by Edward Walsh (1805-1850) in 1847 in Irish Popular Songs and later translated into English as The Dawning of the Day. The melody of this song was used by Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh for his poem, "On Raglan Road"
Tune info from "Behind the Tunes Vol 3" by Dr. Peter L. Heineman