Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1614 (Pride of Rathmore)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Pride of Rathmore
 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 KB Cap (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):
Pride of Rathmore, The / Considine's Grove / Considine's Groves / Considines Groves / The Gneevgullia Reel / Paddy Cronin's / The Game of Love / Miss Brady (also with a 3rd part taken from Game of Love #440, also as song-air) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Paddy Cronin's #1497)
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
~19788(9:38)#8[KB Cap] Kevin Burke. If the Cap Fits. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
19931#1[MOK] Máire O'Keeffe. Cóisir. House Party. Máire O'Keeffe (fiddle).View album details
~199313#2[MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle).View album details
19981#3[Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle).View album details
20006#2[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina).View album details
20062#1[MMrch 2] Marcas Ó Murchú. Turas Ceoil. Marcas Ó Murchú (flute, whistle).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 #1423 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #660 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #77 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #290 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 135 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As reel #169 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #189 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
On page 42 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 84 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #375 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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