Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1334 (Monaghan Jig)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig64AABBCCDDE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Monaghan Jig
 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):
Monaghan Jig, The / The Monaghan / Port Mhuineacháin / The Clay Pipe / Cock Up Your Chin, Billy (also without 4th part; 4th part by Michael Coleman?)
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
19212.12#1[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
192119#1[GD] various. From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. View album details
193722#1[IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. View album details
~19735#1[JJK] John and James Kelly with Michael Crehan and Michael Gavin. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. James Kelly (fiddle), John Kelly (fiddle).View album details
~197913#1[MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle).View album details
19944#1[SS 2] Sharon Shannon. Out the Gap. Sharon Shannon (accordion, fiddle).View album details
~20018#2[JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar).View album details
~20025#1[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).View album details
~20088#1[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 #1033 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #245 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As jig #16 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
On page 58 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 20 of [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
On page 98 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
As tune #75 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 166 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #78 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