Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1251 (McDonagh's Reel)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of McDonagh's Reel
 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 MM 1 (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):
McDonagh's Reel (1) / McDonagh's Reel / McDonagh's
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19768#1[MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute).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 recording listed above.

As tune #38 in [P] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels.
As reel #207 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #207 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1976
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