Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 3561 (Tony Molloy's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Tony Molloy's
 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 JCrv (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):
Tony Molloy's / Molloy's Jig / Port Uí Mhaolmhuaidh / Molloy's Favourite / Rogha Uí Mhaolmhuaidh / Contentment Is Wealth / Paddy Carty's Favourite / Paddy Canny's Jig
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
~199312#1[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute).View album details
20011#1[JCrv] John Creaven. The Story So Far. John Creaven (flute).View album details
~20072#2[PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle).View album details
~20071#1[TAM] Joe Burke, Brian Conway and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Andy McGann. Joe Burke (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).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.

On page 28 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As jig #44 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As jig #369 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As jig #66 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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): 1960
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