Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2454 (Tim Moloney's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Tim 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 RtH (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):
Tim Moloney's / Tim Moloney / Tim Maloney's / Tim Mulloney / Tim Ó Maoldómhnaigh / Molony's Reel
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
~19581#3[KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums).View album details
~19861.6#3[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).View album details
20009#2[RBys] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar).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 #88 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As reel #108 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #35 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #616 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): 1958
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