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    The "Londonderry Air" is an Irish air (folk tune) that originated in County Londonderry, first recorded in the nineteenth century. The tune is played as...
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    Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913. "Danny Boy" Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1917) Problems playing...
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    Derry (redirect from Derry/Londonderry)
    Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of...
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  • The Londonderry Air is a 1938 British romance film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Sara Allgood, Liam Gaffney and Phyllis Ryan. It was based on a...
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    Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC (Ire) (13 May 1878 – 10 February 1949), styled Lord Stewart until...
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    best-known of which are the sentimental ballad "Danny Boy" set to the tune "Londonderry Air", the religious "The Holy City", and the wartime song "Roses of Picardy"...
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    Northern Ireland also uses the "Londonderry Air" as its victory anthem at the Commonwealth Games. When sung, the "Londonderry Air" has the lyrics to "Danny...
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    Orchestra Conducted By John Barbirolli – Fantasia On "Greensleeves"/ Londonderry Air". discogs. Retrieved 17 May 2018. "Second Suite In F For Military Band...
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  • and lamps, plays Danny Boy (the famous Percy Grainger arrangement of Londonderry Air) late at night outside the hospital. Andy, having lost his tenor horn...
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    Marquess of Londonderry, of the County of Londonderry (/ˈlʌndəndreɪ/ LUN-dən-dree), is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created in 1816...
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    Limavady (category Towns in County Londonderry)
    Irish Léim an Mhadaidh 'leap of the dog') is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. Lying 17 miles (27 km)...
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  • of Londonderry The Earl of Londonderry or Baron Londonderry HMS Londonderry, two Royal Navy ships Londonderry House, Mayfair, London Londonderry Air, a...
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  • music are used to represent Northern Ireland in a sporting context: Londonderry Air is played as the anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games...
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  • Ourselves. In 1938 one of her plays was adapted for the British film The Londonderry Air. She was also successful as an author of adult fiction, writing the...
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  • London's West End. Irish and Proud of It (1936) Macushla (1937) The Londonderry Air (1938) The Villiers Diamond (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) The Parnell...
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    Dhoire) (IATA: LDY, ICAO: EGAE), previously known as RAF Eglinton and Londonderry Eglinton Airport, is a regional airport located 7 mi (11 km) northeast...
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    Banner as its flag—notwithstanding its lack of official status—and the Londonderry Air (usually set to lyrics as Danny Boy), which also has no official status...
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  • own work in the first place; substantially the same material is in "Londonderry Air" (the melody of "Danny Boy") and other old public-domain songs (it...
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  • Solanki, Cheng Zhang and Isabel Yue Yin based on the melody of the Londonderry Air and was performed by Andrea Bocelli and Na Ying. The theme song had...
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    is controversial amongst Irish nationalists. The Irish folk song "Londonderry Air", sometimes with the lyrics of "Danny Boy" is often used a substitute...
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  • "Jerusalem" Unofficial William Blake Sir Hubert Parry Northern Ireland "Londonderry Air" Unofficial Jane Ross Unknown  Scotland "Flower of Scotland" Unofficial...
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    elk (giant deer) None Former coat of arms of Northern Ireland: Quis separabit? (Latin) "Who will separate us?" (de facto) "Londonderry Air" (de facto)...
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    Island "Come Ye Blessed" "Advance Australia Fair"  Northern Ireland "Londonderry Air" None; "God Save the King" as part of the United Kingdom  Saint Helena...
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  • Purtill. The B side of the RCA Bluebird 78 single was "Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)". "Tuxedo Junction" was covered by numerous bands and swing orchestras...
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    b/w "Caravan" (Part 2) - - 42 Non-LP tracks 1962 "The Avenger" b/w "Londonderry Air" 101 - - "Moanin' 'n' Twistin'" 18 19 2 Twistin' 'n' Twangin' "The...
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    Sytze de Vries  Netherlands  Northern Ireland "Londonderry Air" Unknown Jane Ross Unknown Londonderry Air  United Kingdom  North Kalimantan "Mars Kalimantan...
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  • either. The film makers decided to have the Titanic's band playing Londonderry Air and eventually Nearer, My God, to Thee (with the remaining passengers...
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  • Jimmy McCurry (category Musicians from County Londonderry)
    in County Londonderry. James McCurry, one of six children of John and Isabella McCurry, was born in 1830, in Carrowclare, County Londonderry. He was blind...
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    "Cliffs of Dover", led to Atkins's creation of a unique arrangement of "Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)". The classical guitar selections included on almost all...
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    Andante doloroso; III. Allegro molto) "Farewell to Cucullain" (The Londonderry Air), traditional tune arranged for violin, cello and piano by Kreisler...
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