Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3394 (John Brennan from Sligo)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of John Brennan from Sligo
 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 PS 6 (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):
John Brennan from Sligo / Seán Ó Braonáin as Sligeach / John Brennan's / John Brennans / John Brennans Reel / Brennan's Fancy / Brennan's / Richard Brennan's / McAuliffe's (compare reversed parts to #3443)
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
199712#3[PS 6] Patrick Street. Made in Cork. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (mandolin, bouzouki, harmonica, vocals), Ged Foley (guitar, backing vocals).View album details
200212#1[LAC] Tom and Kerry Barrett. Lios A'Cheoil. Traditional Irish Music. Tom Barrett (fiddle), Kerry Barrett (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 tune #160 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
As tune #10 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #26 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #111 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #152 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #182 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As tune #14 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session 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): 1963
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