Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1158 (Lord Mayo)
| Rhythm ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Air | G Mixolydian |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Lord Mayo / The Lord of Mayo / Lord of Mayo / An Tiarna Mhaigh Eo / Tiarna Muigh Eo (composed by Thady Keenan)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 4#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). |
| 1953 | 5#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). |
| 1960 | 27#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). |
| ~1973 | 1#2 | [Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| 1974 | 29#1 | [JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals). |
| 1975 | 29#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). |
| 1991 | 10#1 | [FS] various. Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. |
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 #209 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| On page 60 of [IMM] Francis O'Neill. Irish Minstrels and Musicians. |
| As tune #72 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
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