Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2419 (Flowers of Redhill)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel16ABA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Flowers of Redhill
 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 WW 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):
Flowers of Redhill, The / The Flowers of Red Hill / The Flowers of Redhill / Flowers of Red Hill / Bláthanna an Chnoic Rua / Bláthanna an tSléibhe Rua / The Flowers of the Red Mill / Flowers of Red Mill / Maids of Fair Hill / Maids of Palestine / Anderson's / Paddy Taylor's Reel / Don't Be Foolish / The Hod Carrier / Jilly Neary's Favorite (also in G) (compare #649)
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
19281#2[WW 1] various. The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 1. View album details
~19819#2[KOS] James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. Traditional Music of Ireland. James Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (vocals, guitar).View album details
~19952#2[CmA 1] various. The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. View album details
~19982#2[KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals).View album details
~19982#3[MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano).View album details
~199930#1[MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. View album details
20011#2[KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle).View album details
~200611#3[JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute).View album details
~20073#1[PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (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 #254 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As tune #9 in [P] Brian and Eithne Vallely. Play 50 Reels.
On page 29 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [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): 1928
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