Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 222 (Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel48AABBCCC Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire
 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 JKn 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):
Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire / O'Mahoney's / O'Mahoney's Fancy / O'Mahony's / Mulhaire's / Brereton's / The Morning Mist / The All-Ireland Reel (also in D, also with 4th part) (composed by Martin Mulhaire)
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
~198013#2[JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).View album details
~19854#2[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).View album details
~19907#1[SK 2] Seán Keane. Jig It in Style. Seán Keane (fiddle).View album details
~19931#1[JKn 2] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).View album details
~199315#1[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute).View album details
~19965#1[DByrn] Dermot Byrne. Dermot Byrne. Dermot Byrne (accordion).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 #43 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #632 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1974