Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2007 (Gallope)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Gallope
 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 DOEI (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):
Gallope, The / Paddy Spillane's / Charlie O'Neill's (1st in set Paddy Spilane's on JOL 3; 2nd in Freedom for Ireland Polka Set on KR; as Untitled on DOEI; for 5th figure of dance Off to Skelligs in book R; for dance The Waves of Torey in book MM; for dance The Walls of Limerick in book R; for 5th figure of dance Off to Skelligs in book R) (also in G or A or E)
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
~195716(1:10)#2[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes).View album details
199219(1:24)#2[DOEI] various. Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. View album details
199516#1[JOL 3] Johnny O'Leary. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).View album details
~200010#2[MotS 3] Monks of the Screw Trio. Brathar na nÓl. Paudy Scully (flute), Dan Curtain [Curtin] (fiddle), Tim Browne (fiddle).View album details
~200414#2[OMcD] Oisín Mac Diarmada. Ar an bhFidil. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, 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 #296#5 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #137#2 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #50 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As misc #29 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

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): 1927
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