Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1952 (Toormore #1)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polka | 32 | AABB | A Mixolydian |
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 JOL 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Toormore #1 / The Tuar Mor #1 (1st in set The Tourmore Polkas on JOL 1; 1st in set The Tuar Mór Polkas in JOL; 2nd in track 6 The Toormore Polkas and 2nd in track 14 Toormore Polkas on CBnds) / The Tournmore / The Tournmore Polka / Wallace's Cross / The Maid in the Blue Bonnet / Tony Lowe's Polka / Newmarket #2 / The Gullane Polka (3rd in set If I Had Maggie in the Wood on Ch 8; 2nd in set Ballydesmond Polka on ESL 1; 1st in set Dave Hennesseys / Brendan Begley's Favourite on CrssCl; for 2nd figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6)
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.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 11#1 | [JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion). |
| ~1978 | B.8#1 | [MMu] Martin Mulvihill with Mick Moloney. Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle). |
| ~1978 | 6#3 | [Ch 8] The Chieftains. 8. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán). |
| ~1996 | B.1#1 | [MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar). |
| 1998 | 6#2 | [CBnds] various. The County Bounds. |
| 1998 | 14#2 | [CBnds] various. The County Bounds. |
| ~1998 | 2.8#2 | [ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. |
| 1999 | 4#1 | [CrssCl] Seamus Glackin, Brendan Begley, Michael O'Brien, Mary Corcoran, Mick Gaynor. Crossroads Céilí. Seamus Glackin (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion), Michael O'Brien (flute), Mary Corcoran (piano), Mick Gaynor (drums). |
| 2001 | 18#2 | [PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin). |
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 #72 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #90 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. |
| As tune #87 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As polka #9 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As polka #71 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As tune #1 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
| As tune #56 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
| On page 235 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As polka #35 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As other #23 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
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): 1974