Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2352 (Coach Road to Sligo)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Coach Road to Sligo
 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 BtB (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):
Coach Road to Sligo, The / The Coachroad to Sligo / The Humors of Bantry / The Humours of Bantry / The Blackthorn Stick / Black Thornstick / An Draighean Donn / Fire in the Mountains / The Fire on the Mountains / Fire on the Mountain / The Hare on the Mountain / The Rose on the Mountain / Fire in the Valley / Billy Patterson / Boys of Bockhill / Boys of Rockhill / Arthur McBride / The Catholic Boys / The Eagle's Nest / The Maid at the Well / The Maid on the Green / Welcome Home, Royal Charlie (also in A)
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
192922#1[FBros] The Flanagan Brothers. The Tunes We Like to Play on Paddy's Day. Joe Flanagan (accordion), Louis Flanagan (guitar, banjo), Mike Flanagan (banjo, vocals, mandolin).View album details
19368#2[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle).View album details
197813#2[KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion).View album details
~1996A.4#2[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
~19988#2[JMcE] John McEvoy. Returning. John McEvoy (fiddle).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 #711 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #13 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #101 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #3 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 71 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On pages 28, 42, 56 of [TS] Tony DeMarco and Miles Krassen. A Trip to Sligo. A Comprehensive Guide to the Art of Irish Fiddling, Sligo-Style.
As jig #42 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #327 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 125 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #7 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #43 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session 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): 1903
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