Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 205 (Boys of Ballisodare)

RhythmBarsMode
Slip jig16G Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Boys of Ballisodare
 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 Ch 1 (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):
Boys of Ballisodare, The / The Boys of Ballysadare / The Boys of Ballysodare / Boys of Balisadare / Liam Farrell's / Nora Criona (also in C, also with parts repeated; on JCt 3, first as slip jig, then as reel)
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
~19634#2[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
199019#1[MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. View album details
~199614#1[CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. View album details
~199911#1[OMT] Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, and Zan McLeod. One More Time. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), and Zan McLeod (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass).View album details
~20014#1[JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar).View album details
20081#2[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).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 #1134 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #423 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #12 in volume 2 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 81 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #33 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #89 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 218 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As slipjig #2 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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