Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2209 (Munster Bank)
| 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 BC (details in the Discography below).
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 (incomplete on JOL 3; for 6th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6; for 1st figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in G Major)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1986 | 2.7#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). |
| 1995 | 19#2 | [JOL 3] Johnny O'Leary. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. Johnny O'Leary (accordion). |
| ~1996 | 1#3 | [BC] Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney. Meitheal. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú). |
| ~1996 | B.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). |
| ~1998 | 1.7#2 | [ESL 1] various. An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. |
| ~1998 | 1#3 | [JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion). |
| 2000 | 7#2 | [ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards). |
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. |
| On page 68 of [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. |
| As polka #89 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. |
| As tune #11 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
| As tune #71 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. |
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