Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1699 (Whelan's Jig)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Whelan's Jig
 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 DC1 (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):
Whelan's Jig / Port Uí Fhaoláin / Port Ui Phaolain / Port Whelan / Whelan's / The Rookery / The Humours of Dingle / Lyons' Favourite (6th in set Drowsey Maggie on Ch 4; mislabeled as Morrison's in a set on CmA 1 which alternates between this tune and Morrison's) (also in A, also with a 3rd part) (compare Morrison's #1343) (composed by Tommy Whelan?)
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
~19462#2[ICTM] various. Ireland. Irlande. View album details
~19668#2[DC1] various. The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Séamus Ennis (pipes), Peadar Broe (pipes), Leo Rowsome (pipes), Paddy Moloney (pipes), Dan Dowd (pipes), Tommy Reck (pipes), Willie Clancy (pipes).View album details
~19731(2:52)#6[Ch 4] The Chieftains. 4. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).View album details
~19754#2[PCt] Paddy Carty. Traditional Irish Music. Paddy Carty (flute).View album details
~197721#1[ECst] various. Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. View album details
~197832#1[CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. View album details
19939#2[MoD] Tony Mac Mahon, Noel Hill, Iarla Ó Lionáird. Music of Dreams. Tony Mac Mahon (accordion), Noel Hill (concertina), Iarla Ó Lionáird (vocals).View album details
~20047#2[DLyn] Dana Lyn. Looking for the Early Opener. Dana Lyn (fiddle, viola, piano).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.

On page 42 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #49 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #198 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #56 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 114 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 194 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #144 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): 1946
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