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Tune ID#3035 (Trip to Cullenstown)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording KB UC (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Reel

AABB

G Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Trip to Cullenstown, The / Trip to Cullenstown / The Raheen (also in D or A) (3rd in set The Trip to Cullenstown on A BI; 2nd in set Raheen Medley on KB UC) (composed by Phil Murphy)

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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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1983	8#2	[TripCull] Phil, John and Pip Murphy. The Trip to Cullenstown. Phil Murphy (harmonica), John Murphy (harmonica), Pip Murphy (harmonica). For this tune: (C harmonicas).
~1984	8#2	[KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Murphy family (harmonicas).
~1991	17#3	[TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Joe Byrne (Eb flute), Kevin Finnegan (accordion), David Papazian (fiddle), Brian Taheny (fiddle).
1997	1#1	[SCAC] Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh, Aidan Coffey. Séamus Creagh (fiddle), Aidan Coffey (accordion).
1998	2#2	[PS 7] Patrick Street. Live from Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle).
2001	6#3	[A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)].
~2002	16#1	[MaRaf] Mary Rafferty. Hand-Me-Downs. Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, flute, whistle). For this tune: Mike Rafferty (flute).
~2010	9#3	[DShrdn 2] Dave Sheridan. Drivin' Leitrim Timber. Dave Sheridan (flute, guitar). For this tune: (Eb flute), with Rick Epping (jew's harp, harmonica).
~2012	8#3	[Rlta 1] Réalta. Open the Door for Three. Conor Lamb (pipes, whistle), Deirdre Galway (vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Aaron O'Hagan (pipes, whistle, bodhrán).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Raheen Reel	KB UC, PS 7
Ballygow Reel	TripCull
Maud Miller	TrsCl
Ash Plant	A BI
John Egan's Reel	DShrdn 2
John Brennan's	Rlta 1

Played before	On Albums
Murphy's	KB UC, PS 7
Blacksmith's Reel	SCAC
Glentaun Reel	MaRaf

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 musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As reel #277 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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?

Tune ID#3035 (Trip to Cullenstown)

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Bibliography