The Star Above the Garter

Kerry fiddlers Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford, a brother and sister who learned from the Sliabh Luachra teacher Pádraig O'Keeffe, made this slide popular. Their 1969 recording became the title track of their album The Star Above the Garter, and the Chieftains recorded it on Chieftains 4. In Kerry it has also been called "Lisheen No. 1," after the Murphys' home townland.

What the title means is unknown. The star and garter are the badges of England's Order of the Garter, and the phrase turned up as a pub and hotel name, but nothing explains how it came to an Irish slide.