Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1311 (Miss Monahan's Reel)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Miss Monahan'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 MC (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):
Miss Monahan's Reel / Miss Monaghan's / Miss Monaghans / Miss Monaghan / Ríl Iníon Ní Mhonacháin / Mal Ní Mhuineacháin / The Green Fields to America / Stormy Weather / Belles of Tipperary / The Belles of Tipperary / Connacht Lasses / The Connacht Lasses / The Connacht Star / Kerry Star / The Kerry Star / The Barrow Castle / The Bleaberry Blossom / The Dandy Girl / The Dandy Lass / The Green Fields to America / Jackson's Welcome to Cork / Johnny Shooting in the Glen / Lamont's / O'Connell in Clare (2nd in set The Pigeon on the Gate on MC; for 7th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (also in A or G)
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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
19222.13#2[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
~19538#1[TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. View album details
~19581#1[KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums).View album details
19731(7:52)#5[JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion).View album details
197713#2[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~19779#3[SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted).View album details
19783#2[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).View album details
~1978B.9#1[NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle).View album details
~19797#2[BMu 1] Brendan Mulvihill, accompanied by Mick Moloney. The Flax in Bloom. Traditional Irish Music. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin).View album details
~19861.4#1[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
~19929#1[MMM] various. Music at Matt Molloy's. View album details
~199314#1[Shskn] Shaskeen. My Love Is in America. Tom Cussen (banjo), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán), Sean Conway (flute, whistle, guitar, vocals), Charlie Harris (accordion), Kevin Rohan (fiddle, vocals).View album details
~1996B.7#1[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).View album details
~20015#1[JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar).View album details
~200716#1[PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle).View album details
~200716#3[Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin).View album details
~200814#2[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).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 #71 in [D&M] Arthur Warren Darley and Patrick Joseph McCall. The Darley and McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. [available]
As tune #1312 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #575 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #158 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #50 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
As tune #12 in [P] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels.
On page 193 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As tune #49 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 45 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 71 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #220 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 17 of [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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): 1886
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