Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2920 (Port Chúil Aodha)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Port Chúil Aodha
 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 JCnly (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):
Port Chúil Aodha / The Cúil Aodha / Cuil Aodha Jig / Cuil Aodh Jig / Cúl Aodh Jig / Culaodha Jig / The Coolea Jig / Coolea / Amhran a Tae (also in G or A; also as fling Flaing Chúil Aodha on track 7 of KitRec) (untitled following Bainne an Ghabhair Bháin on Beg 2)
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
~19862.6#2[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
~19938#1[JCnly] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (accordion).View album details
~199712#1[GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. View album details
~19982#2[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Clare Shout. Bobby Gardiner (accordion, lilting).View album details
~200110#2[Beg 2] Beginish. Stormy Weather. Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki), Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle), Gavin Ralston (guitar, keyboards), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle).View album details
~20022#1[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).View album details
~20035#3[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).View album details
~20037#1[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).View album details
~20044#1[Ovld] Randal Bays and Dáithí Sproule. Overland. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals).View album details
~20049#2[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes).View album details
~20076#3[ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle).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.

As jig #344 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1986