Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 286 (Castle Jig)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Castle Jig
 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 AIC1 (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):
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)
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
~19593#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).View album details
~19599#1[AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle).View album details
~19798#2[KB Pr] Kevin Burke, Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Promenade. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano).View album details
19858#1[Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion).View album details
19922#2[MH 1] Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes (fiddle).View album details
19952#2[JDr 2] Joe Derrane. Return to Inis Mór. Joe Derrane (accordion).View album details
~19975#2[GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. View album details
19989#1[KB IC] Kevin Burke. In Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle).View album details
~9999[0] various. Alan's personal digital recordings.

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 35 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
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 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. [available]
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. [available]
As tune #201 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As jig #33 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [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): 1959
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