Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1640 (Rakish Paddy)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBD Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Rakish Paddy
 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 MC (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):
Rakish Paddy / Pádraic Réice / Sporting Pat / Caper Fey / Cabair Féigh / Cabar Féigh / The Deer's Horns / The Castle Street Reel / Glastertown's Downfall (not listed in contents of Rnys, which created a mislabeling as The Sligo Maid; untitled following Bean Phaidín on Plx 4; 4th in set The Savoy on KCB 6; mislabeled on 1930 James Morrison recording as The Wheels of the World) (Donegal setting 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
~19221.14#1[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
19302#1[WW 1] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. View album details
~1947A.1#3[JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes).View album details
~1947B.5#2[JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes).View album details
~194921#2[IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. View album details
~19566#3[Rnys] The Raineys. The Raineys. Paddy Rainey (fiddle), Stephen Rainey (fiddle), Bridie 'Biddy' Rainey (vocals).View album details
~195612#2[Rnys] The Raineys. The Raineys. Paddy Rainey (fiddle), Stephen Rainey (fiddle), Bridie 'Biddy' Rainey (vocals).View album details
~196311#6[Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán).View album details
19715#1[TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle).View album details
197319#1[WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle).View album details
~19799#2[Plx 4] Planxty. Collection. Unidentified on this reissue.View album details
~197925#1[GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. View album details
19917#2[A HS] Altan. Harvest Storm. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar).View album details
~199111#1[PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).View album details
19947#1[MH 2] Martin Hayes. Under the Moon. Martin Hayes (fiddle).View album details
19992(21:23)#9[MH 4] Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill. Live in Seattle. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar).View album details
~20029#4[KCB 6] The Kilfenora Céilí Band. Live in Lisdoonvarna. Anne Rynne (fiddle), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Garry Shannon (flute), Tim Collins (concertina), Sheila Garry (fiddle), Fintan McMahon (piano), Anne Marie McCormack (fiddle), John Lynch (banjo), Sean Griffin (drums), Anthony Quigney (flute).View album details
~99991[1] various. Alan's personal session tapes.
~9999[2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes.

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 #1533 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #749 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #133 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #145 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #63 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. [available]
On page 158 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As 34,101 in [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. [available]
As tune #55 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 52 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 127 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [available]
On page 87 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #279 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #129 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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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