Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2576 (Road to Glountane)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Fling32AABBA Mixolydian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Road to Glountane
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book Cuz (details in the Bibliography 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):
Road to Glountane, The / 'Cuz' Teahan's / Cuz Teahan's / Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's Hornpipe / Cous Teehan's / Kerry Fling (2nd in set Molloy's Favourites on SBw) (also in D, also as hornpipe or barndance or slow reel) (composed by Terence "Cuz" Teahan)
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
~19968#2[SN 1] Sliabh Notes. Sliabh Notes. Dónal Murphy (accordion), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals).View album details
~199616#2[SBw] Folan and Davey. Skin and Bow. Declan Folan (fiddle), Junior Davey (bodhrán).View album details
~19963#2[MOB] Mick O' Brien. May Morning Dew. Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle).View album details
~20002#2[LLPQ 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle).View album details
~20046(8:46)#3[Boh 4] Bohola. 4. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, vocals, foot), Sean Cleland (fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, vocals), Kat Eggleston (vocals).View album details
~20051#2[InTndm] Kevin Burke and Ged Foley. In Tandem. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals).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.

On page 71 of [Cuz] Terence "Cuz" Teahan with Josh Dunson. The Road to Glountane.
As tune #307 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [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): 1964
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