Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 113 (Banish Misfortune)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig48AABBCCD Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Banish Misfortune
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
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) (compare Nancy Hynes #3088)
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cd 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. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19691#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).View album details
197316#1[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).View album details
19742#1[CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted.View album details
199912#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).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – 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. [available]
As tune #845 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #106 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #53 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #85 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
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. [available]
As tune #137 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 22 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 33 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #286 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #99 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
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. [available]
As tune #184 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
In [LM] L[arry]. E. McCullough. ? [available]

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