Carmel Gunning - Books

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The Mountain Top
  • Issued – 2006
  • Publisher – Coleman Heritage Centre
  • Details:
    • The book was launched at The Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen, County Sligo after a comprehensive lecture entitled A World Stage For Irish Music.
    • The lecture was given by Labhrás Ó Murchú, Ard Stiurthoir, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, who also formally launched the book ‘The Mountain Top’, compiled and researched by Carmel Gunning and published by Coleman Heritage Centre.
    • ‘The Mountain Top’ contains over sixty tunes popular in South Sligo and beyond with design and setting is by Adrienne Lee..
    • ‘There is information on each tune and tunes are written with two different kinds of notation – 'staff' and alphabetic.

She also brought out another book – a book of songs entitled "The Maid of Sweet Gurteen" which was published by Coleman Heritage Centre in 2007 while she worked there.

Preceded by
W. Paton		 All-Ireland Fleadh tin whistle (slow air) Champions
1976		 Succeeded by
Kevin Whitty

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