Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#286 (Castle Jig)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AIC1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 32 | AABB | A Dorian |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Castle Jig, The / The Castle / Sean Ryan's Jig / Seán Ryan's Jig / Sean Ryan's / The Lonesome Jig / Cooley's Jig / O'Connell's Welcome to Dublin / Fáilte roimh Ó Conaill go Baile Átha Cliath / Father Morrison's Delight (1st in set Sean Ryan's Jig on AIC2) (also in E or D) (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.
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to hear the first 10 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1959 | 3#1 | [AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). |
| ~1959 | 9#1 | [AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle). For this tune: with P.J. Hayes. |
| ~1979 | 8#2 | [KB Pr] Kevin Burke, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Promenade. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano). |
| 1985 | 8#1 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
| 1992 | 2#2 | [MH 1] Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
| 1995 | 2#2 | [JDr 2] Joe Derrane. Return to Inis Mór. Joe Derrane (accordion). |
| ~1997 | 5#2 | [GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. Martin Hayes. |
| 1998 | 9#1 | [KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Martin Hayes. |
| ~2011 | 1#2 | [BODFam] Bríd O'Donohue and Family. Cliabhán an Dúchais. Bríd O'Donohue (flute, whistle), Seán O'Brien (flute), Eibhlís O'Brien (pipes), Deirdre O'Brien (harp), Liam O'Brien (concertina), Sinéad O'Brien (fiddle). |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune 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 35 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| As tune #35 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. |
| As tune #55 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| As tune #80 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. |
| As jig #87 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| On page 10 of [SR] Brian Ryan. The Hidden Ireland. The First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan. |
| On page 107 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| On page 182 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #114 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #201 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| As jig #33 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. |
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): 1959