Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2209 (Munster Bank)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBA Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Munster Bank
 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 BC (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):
Munster Bank, The / Munster Bank / Dan Sweeney's / Art O'Keeffe's Polka / Biddy Hurley / Johnny Leary's / Murphy's Polka / Carroll's (also in G Major) (incomplete on JOL 3; for 6th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6)
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
~19862.7#1[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
199519#2[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
~19961#3[BC] Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney. Meitheal. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú).View album details
~1996B.10#3[MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).View album details
~19981.7#2[ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. View album details
20007#2[ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards).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 #125 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #127 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #48 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
On page 68 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As polka #89 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #11 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
As tune #71 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [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): 1967
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