Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1556 (Patsy Tuohey's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Patsy Tuohey'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 JB 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 Tuohey's / Patsy Tuohey's Favourite / Tuohey's Favourite Reel / Patsy Touhey's / Patsy Tuohy's / Patsy Tuohys Reel / Pat Tuohy's Reel / The Gleanntán Reel / Donal a' Clumper's Reel (compare #2683 and Na Coillte Críona included here)
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
197116#1[TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle).View album details
~19737#1[JB 1] Joe Burke with Charlie Lennon. Traditional Music of Ireland. Joe Burke (accordion), with Charlie Lennon (piano).View album details
~19765#1[MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute).View album details
20013#2[KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (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 #1340 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #595 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #178 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #179 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 96 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 122 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #207 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As reel #14 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #267 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
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