Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1698 (Maguire's Kick)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
March32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Maguire's Kick
 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 Pt (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):
Maguire's Kick / [misspelled as:] Maguires Kick / Maguire's Clan March / McGuire's / McGuire's March (also as double jig included here under the titles The Rolling Waves / The Lonesome Jig / Bill the Weaver, and as single jig titled Maguire's Kick)
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
~19824#1[KB Pt] Kevin Burke and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Portland. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, harmonium).View album details
~19891.4#1[JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle).View album details
~198914#2[JOL 2] Johnny O'Leary. An Calmfhear. The Trooper. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).View album details
~19952#2[JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina).View album details
~19952.7#2[GL20] various. Green Linnet Records. The Twentieth Anniversary Collection. View album details
199813#2[Lgcy] Legacy. Navan. Don Penzien (guitar, vocals, whistle), Valerie Plested (fiddle), Beth Patterson (bouzouki, vocals), Justin Murphy (flute, whistle).View album details
20019#2[GrHs] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar).View album details
~20012.10#2[WFO 1] various. Wooden Flute Obsession. View album details
20021#1[BBg 2] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals).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 #1071 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #389 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #3 in volume 3 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 65 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #122 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 156 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #110 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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