Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1167 (Luckpenny)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig48AABBCCG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Luckpenny
 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 BtB (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):
Luckpenny, The / The Luck Penny / The Lucky Penny / An Dúthracht (3rd in set Micho Russell's on NNC)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
19368#1[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle).View album details
19571.13#3[SltSdt] various. Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. View album details
~195822#2[TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. View album details
~19661#1[TMC] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Michael Coleman. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).View album details
~197413#2[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. View album details
19951#1[JK 2] James Kelly and Zan McLeod. The Ring Sessions. James Kelly (fiddle), Zan McLeod (guitar, bouzouki).View album details
~199611#1[JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute).View album details
~20003#2[LLPQ 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle).View album details
200614#1[TAM] Joe Burke, Brian Conway and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Andy McGann. Joe Burke (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).View album details
~20074#3[NNC] Niamh Ní Charra. Ón Dá Thaobh. From Both Sides. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina).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 #1098 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #290 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 69 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #37 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #9 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As jig #72 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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