Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#113 (Banish Misfortune)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 48 | AABBCC | D Mixolydian |
Banish Misfortune / The Bag of Meal / The Little Bag of Meal / The Humours of Mullinafauna / The Humors of Mullinafauna / Humors of Mullinafauna / The Shady Groves of Piedmont / The Shady Groves of Peamount / Nancy Hines / Máire Ní Eidhinn / Máire Ni Éidhin / Round the Cart House / Ruaig an Mí-ádh / The Parish Girl / George Whelan's Jig (also singled, also without 3rd part, also as song; the settings from before 1910s has a different 1st part) (compare Nancy Hynes #3088)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.
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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1904 | 2.10#1 | [FONC] The Francis O'Neill Cylinders. Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America circa 1904. Edward Cronin (fiddle). |
| 1966 | 3#1 | [BC 3] Bobby Casey. The Spirit of West Clare. Bobby Casey (fiddle, whistle). |
| 1969 | 1#1 | [Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1970 | 6#1 | [FD 1] Finbarr Dwyer. [Finbarr Dwyer. Irish Traditional Accordionist]. Disc 2 of of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Finbarr Dwyer (accordion). |
| 1973 | 16#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
| 1974 | 2#1 | [CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted. |
| ~1976 | 15#2 | [SotC] Armagh Pipers Club. Armagh Pipers' Club [Song of the Chanter]. Disc 10 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Paul Davis (concertina, flutes, harmonica), Eithne Vallelly (fiddle), Pat Daly (harp), Brian Vallelly (pipes, whistle, flute), Niall Vallelly (bodhran). For this tune: Brian Vallely (pipes), Paul Davis (concertina). |
| ~1994 | 4#3 | [NMCMM] The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. 1st time John Nicholson (guitar). |
| ~1995 | 9#1 | [WatReeds] Tommy Keane, Jacqueline McCarthy, with Alec Finn. The Wind among the Reeds. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle), Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: (pipes), (concertina). |
| 1999 | 12#1 | [Dnu 2] Danú. Think before You Think. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals). For this tune: 1st time Donnchadh Gough (pipes). |
| 2000 | 1#2 | [SkHly 3] Skip Healy. Purgatory Chasm. Skip Healy (flute). |
| ~2002 | 11#2 | [TMIYD] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
| 2008 | 15#1 | [RBys 3] Randal Bays. Dig with It. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar, harp). |
| ~2011 | 5#2 | [FlgMem] Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington, Jim Higgins. Flagstone Memories. Orla Harrington (fiddle), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion), Jim Higgins (piano, percussion). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #776 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #845 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #106 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #53 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #85 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #38 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #148 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #137 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| On page 22 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| On page 33 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| As tune #286 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As tune #99 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 75 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 121 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #2 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #184 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903