Paddy Lynn's Delight - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	A Dorian

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.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1965	10#2	[TMC] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Michael Coleman. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano). For this tune: Joe Burke (accordion).
~1973	14#2	[JB 2] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano).
~1993	7#2	[JMd 1] Joanie Madden. A Whistle on the Wind. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle). For this tune: (flute), then with John Williams (concertina).
~1994	6#1	[MMcNmr 1] Mary MacNamara. Traditional Music from East Clare. Mary MacNamara (concertina).
~1994	2.5#2	[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Joanie Madden (flute).
1997	1#2	[OAces] O'Aces. Ón Oíche go Maidin. Martin Dowling (fiddle), Davy Maguire (flute), Jason O'Rourke (concertina), Kevin Dorris (bouzouki), Paul McSherry (guitar).
~1998	14#2	[KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo).
~1999	8#3	[BCB 2] The Bridge Céilí Band. Sparks on Flags. Tom Ahearne (fiddle), Robert Gleeson (fiddle), Karen Gavigan (fiddle), Carthage Daly (fiddle), Catherine McHugh (fiddle), James Kinsella (accordion), Fionnuala Gleeson (flute), Eugene Nolan (flute), Pat O'Meara (piano, synthesizer), Liam McCormack (drums, bodhrán).
2000	6#4	[MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). For this tune: (G#/D# concertina).
~2003	5#1	[JCt 4] John Carty. At It Again. John Carty (fiddle).
~2005	2#2	[ACrby 1] Angelina Carberry. An Traidisiún Beo. Angelina Carberry (banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Molly Bán	JMd 1, WFO 1
Broken Pledge	TMC
Longford Tinker	JB 2
Banks of the Ilen	OAces
Glen of Aherlow	KH
John Brennan's	BCB 2
Martin Wynne's No. 3	MOR 1
Brown Coffin	ACrby 1

Played before	On Albums
Noisy Curlew	JMd 1, WFO 1
Jim Conroy's Reel	MMcNmr 1
Jenny's Wedding	KH
Speed the Plough	BCB 2
Hughie's Cap	JCt 4

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #43 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #34 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #72 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1965

Tune ID#1513 (Paddy Lynn's Delight)

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Discography

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Bibliography