Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1419 (Newport Lass)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
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 AIC1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Newport Lass, The / Newport Lass / The Newport Lasses / Gearrchaile Bhaile Uí bhFiacháin / A Trip to Athlone / The Trip to Athlone / Trip to Athlone / O'Brien's Fancy (during and after song Galway Races on Ch BIH; 2nd in set Micho Russell's on NNC) (for dance The Trip to Athlone)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1958 | 35#1 | [TDMI] various. Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. |
| ~1959 | 9#1 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1959 | 8#1 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). |
| 1977 | 4#1 | [MBP] Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy. Paul Brady. Tommy Peoples. Matt Molloy (flute), Paul Brady (guitar, vocals), Tommy Peoples (fiddle). |
| 1978 | 16#1 | [KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion). |
| ~1979 | 34#1 | [CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. |
| 1985 | 14#2 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
| ~1985 | 8#2 | [Ch BIH] The Chieftains. Music from "Ballad of the Irish Horse". Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle). |
| ~1992 | 4#1 | [CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). |
| 1998 | 15#2 | [JWh] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). |
| 1999 | 12#2 | [Dnu 2] Danú. Think before You Think. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals). |
| 2001 | 10#1 | [TC] various. Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. |
| 2003 | 5#4 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 1.10#2 | [WFO 2] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 2. |
| ~2007 | 4#2 | [NNC] Niamh Ní Charra. Ón Dá Thaobh. From Both Sides. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina). |
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.
| On page 39 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #42 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #87 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| As jig #136 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): 1958