Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#2851 (Twilight in Portroe)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | A Major |
about these two bars
These two bars are the start of the transcription in the book SR (details in the Bibliography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Twilight in Portroe / Michael Reilly's / Michael Rilly's / Sean Ryan's Dream / [popularly misidentified as:] The Dawn (also in G, and compare 1st part with 1st part of The Dawn #474) (composed by Seán Ryan)
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1980 | 4#2 | [DD 3] Dé Danann. Mist Covered Mountain. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, viola, whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Charlie Piggott (banjo, mandolin, steel guitar), Alec Finn (bouzouki, mandocello, steel guitar), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). |
| ~1985 | 1#2 | [CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 3#2 | [MtRd] various. The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. |
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 #12 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As reel #150 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 33 of [SR] Brian Ryan. The Hidden Ireland. The First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan. |
| As reel #59 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb'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): 1974