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The Evolution of Limerick City's Fife and Drum Band Tradition 1840 To The Evolution of Limerick City’s Fife and Drum Band Tradition 1840 to 1935 Derek Mulcahy Ph.D (History) Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick 2017 External Examiner: Dr Paul Rouse Internal Examiner: Dr Caitriona Clear Supervisor: Dr Maura Cronin Contents Candidate’s Declaration .......................................................................................................................... 3 Abstract ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Literature Review. ................................................................................................................................... 9 Primary Sources ................................................................................................................................ 18 Oral Interviews .................................................................................................................................. 20 Contribution to Scholarship. ............................................................................................................. 22 Thesis layout ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Chapter 1: The Temperance Movement and Bands ............................................................................. 25 Limerick’s Temperance beginnings ................................................................................................... 25 Alcohol and Sobriety ......................................................................................................................... 26 Respectability .................................................................................................................................... 28 Popular Enthusiasm .......................................................................................................................... 32 Spread of the Bands .......................................................................................................................... 35 Temperance and political demonstrations ....................................................................................... 41 Decline of Temperance Bands .......................................................................................................... 53 Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 56 Chapter 2: Local and National Identity ................................................................................................. 57 Location and social class: .................................................................................................................. 63 Band and Religious occasions. .......................................................................................................... 69 National identity ............................................................................................................................... 70 Political and local divisions. .............................................................................................................. 88 Pipes or fifes? .................................................................................................................................. 100 The Volunteer movement and band ............................................................................................... 102 Bands and republican sympathies after 1916 ................................................................................ 105 Post-treaty politics: ......................................................................................................................... 109 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 113 Chapter 3. The Army Connection ....................................................................................................... 116 Army bands and recruiting: ............................................................................................................ 118 Maintaining control: ....................................................................................................................... 121 1 Military bands and public displays .................................................................................................. 127 Local pride in army: ......................................................................................................................... 132 Uniforms ......................................................................................................................................... 141 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 152 Chapter 4: Bands and Organisational Ability ..................................................................................... 153 Learning the music: ......................................................................................................................... 154 Financial Issues: .............................................................................................................................. 156 Fund-raising .................................................................................................................................... 161 Band Halls and their functions ........................................................................................................ 167 Commitment and Divisions ............................................................................................................. 175 Musical Opportunity ....................................................................................................................... 177 Diaspora and local bands: ............................................................................................................... 184 Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 187 Chapter 5: Music and Competition ..................................................................................................... 189 Nationalistic tunes .......................................................................................................................... 195 Band Music Arrangements:............................................................................................................. 200 Instrumentation .............................................................................................................................. 203 Competition and Band contests ....................................................................................................... 208 Contest participation occurrences. .................................................................................................. 219 Conclusion. .......................................................................................................................................... 226 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................ 243 Primary Sources .................................................................................................................................. 243 Interviews........................................................................................................................................ 243 Band Records .................................................................................................................................. 243 Newspapers .................................................................................................................................... 244 Parliamentary Reports .................................................................................................................... 246 Competition Programmes ............................................................................................................... 246 Trade Directories............................................................................................................................. 246 Witness Statements (Bureau of Military History). .......................................................................... 247 Secondary sources. ............................................................................................................................. 247 Articles ............................................................................................................................................ 247 Books ............................................................................................................................................... 249 Journal Articles ................................................................................................................................ 253 Academic papers ........................................................................................................................
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