Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3247 (Tomgraney Castle)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Hornpipe32AABBA Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Tomgraney Castle
 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 Ch 7 (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):
Tomgraney Castle / Tuamgraney Castle / Tuamgrainey Castle / Toome Graney Castle / The Humours of Tuamgraney / The Humours of Tuaimgréine / The Humours of Tuaimgreine / Pléaráca Thuaim Gréine / Tuamgraney / Loch Lavan Castle (4th in set Away We Go Again on Ch 7) (compare Seanbhean Bhocht #1752)
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
~19771#4[Ch 7] The Chieftains. 7. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, oboe), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).View album details
19953#1[JK 2] James Kelly and Zan McLeod. The Ring Sessions. James Kelly (fiddle), Zan McLeod (guitar, bouzouki).View album details
~20002#1[EOR] Eoin Ó Riabhaigh. Tiomnacht. Handed On. Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (pipes).View album details
~20016#1[JW 2] John Williams. Steam. John Williams (accordion, concertina, whistle, flute, bodhrán).View album details
~20027#2[Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle).View album details
~20043#1[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes).View album details
~20059#1[MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán).View album details
20066#2[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).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 tune #949 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #310 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
On page 45 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On pages 172-173 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As hp #65 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #273 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1907
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