    garryowen, also known as garyowen, garry owen and gary owens, is an irish tune for a quickstep dance. it was selected as a marching tune for british, canadian, and american military formations, most notably gen. george armstrong custer's 7th cavalry. the name "garry owen" has also been used for us forward military installations during wartime, and for a small town in montana near the custer battlefield. == history == the word garryowen is derived from irish, the proper name eÃ³ghan ("born of the yew tree") and the word for garden garrai â thus "eÃ³ghan's garden". the term refers to the area of garryowen in the city of limerick, ireland. this song emerged in the late 18th century, when it was a drinking song of rich young roisterers in limerick. it obtained immediate popularity in the british army through the 5th (royal irish) lancers. beethoven composed two arrangements of the song in 1809â1810 (published 1814â1816 in w.o.o. 152 and w.o.o. 154) to the title, "from garyone my happy home", with lyrics by t. toms, on romantic themes. the arrangements were part of a large project by george thomson to engage prominent composers of his day to write arrangements of the folk songs of ireland, scotland, and wales."beethoven: folksong settings" by barry cooper  a very early reference to the tune appears in the life of the duke of wellington by jocquim hayward stocqueler, published in 1853. he describes the defence of the town of tarifa in late december 1811, during the peninsular war. general h. gough, later field marshal hugh gough, 1st viscount gough, commanding officer of the 87th regiment (at that time known as the royal irish fusiliers), after repulsing an attack by french grenadiers "â¦ was not, however, merely satisfied with resistance. when the enemy, scared, ran from the walls, he drew his sword, made the band strike up 'garry owen', and followed the fugitives for two or three hundred yards." garryowen was also a favourite in the crimean war. the tune has also been associated with a number of british military units, and is the authorised regimental march of the irish regiment of canada. it was the regimental march of the liverpool irish, british army. it is the regimental march of the london irish rifl
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