Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1555 (Patsy Geary's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Slide32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Patsy Geary's
 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 BB 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):
Patsy Geary's / Micky O'Callaghan's / Mickey Callaghan's / Rathawaun / Kerry Slide / Kimmel's No. 1 (also with parts reversed, also in Bb)
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
19755#1[BB 1] The Bothy Band. 1975. The First Album. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Tommy Peoples (fiddle), Donal Lunny (bouzouki, vocals), Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill (harpsichord, bodhrán, vocals), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (guitar, vocals).View album details
~19933#2[MR 2] Micho Russell. The Limestone Rock. Micho Russell (whistle).View album details
~19962#2[SN 1] Sliabh Notes. Sliabh Notes. Dónal Murphy (accordion), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals).View album details
~20069#3[Tda 3] Téada. Inné Amárach. Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki, banjo), Damien Stenson (flute), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion).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 [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #59 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #59 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #8 in volume 2 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
As tune #69 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As slide #25 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): 1966
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