Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#114 (Bank of Ireland)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
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 GD (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Bank of Ireland, The / Bank of Ireland / The Banks of Ireland / [misspelled as:] The Band of Ireland (compare Spike Island Lassies #1807 and Reidy's Reel)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 15#2 | [GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. |
| 1967 | 7#1 | [PitS] various. Paddy in the Smoke. Martin Byrnes (fiddle), Danny Meehan (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Tony McMahon (accordion), Andy Boyle (fiddle), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Jimmy Dunleavy (fiddle), Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion), Father O'Keeffe (mandolin), Lucy Farr (fiddle), Edmond Murphy (fiddle). |
| 1967 | 1#1 | [ItS] various. In the Smoke. |
| ~1976 | 5#1 | [TP 2] Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady. The High Part of the Road. Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1979 | 3#4 | [KB Pr] Kevin Burke, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Promenade. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano). |
| 1990 | 3#2 | [BF] Bards of a Feather. Homeward Way. Josh Culley (harp, whistle, flute, pipes, Highland pipes, accordion, recorder, guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán, Scottish snare, vocals), Susanna Perry (fiddle, vocals, recorder), Barry Gilmore (guitar, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, vocals, bodhrán), David Heiser (guitar, vocals, concertina, bodhrán). |
| ~1993 | 7#1 | [JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1997 | 3#2 | [Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano). |
| 1998 | 8#4 | [KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| 1998 | 11#2 | [JWh] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). |
| ~1999 | 1#3 | [CTL 7] Cherish the Ladies. At Home. Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Aoife Clancy (vocals), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Donna Long (piano, synthesizer, fiddle, vocals), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle, concertina). |
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 #1186 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #465 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| On page 48 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| On page 93 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #60 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. |
| As reel #7 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #56 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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