Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1196 (Maids of Mitchelstown)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 16 | AB | D Dorian |
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 BB 3 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Maids of Mitchelstown, The / The Maids of Mitchellstown / Maids of Mitchellstown / Gearrchaile Bhaile Mhistéala / Maids of Castletown (2nd in set Road to Garrison on MSHtn 1) (also in Mixolydian) (Breathnach suggests a comparison to Paddy Murphy's #4342)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2(0:48)#1 | [BB 3] The Bothy Band. Out of the Wind into the Sun. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, keyboards), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán, synthesizer), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar). |
| ~1984 | 4#3 | [KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 13#1 | [Trc] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau. Tracin'. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 10#2 | [MSHtn 1] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Dearga. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, vocals, bodhrán, dobro, electric guitar). |
| ~2009 | 6#1 | [SMcK] Skip McKinley. Fairy Tales. Skip McKinley (flute). |
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 #1410 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #650 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #151 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 27 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. |
| On page 133 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As reel #103 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As reel #191 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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