Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2640 (Castle of Dromore)
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Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Castle of Dromore, The
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this tune considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
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[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
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| ~1966 | 9#1 | [DC1] various. The Drones and the Chanters. Irish Pipering. Séamus Ennis (pipes), Peadar Broe (pipes), Leo Rowsome (pipes), Paddy Moloney (pipes), Dan Dowd (pipes), Tommy Reck (pipes), Willie Clancy (pipes). |
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 recording listed above.
| As tune #52 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
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