Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2259 (Eddie Moloney's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel24ABCG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Eddie Moloney's
 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 FG 2 (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):
Eddie Moloney's / Eddie Maloney's / The Kinvara (2nd in Seit Eddie Moloney / Eddie Moloney's Set on FG 2)
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
19831#2[FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion).View album details
~199311#4[MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle).View album details
~199810#2[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, 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 #219 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As reel #773 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #152 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1960
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