Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 374 (Castletown Conners)

RhythmBarsMode
Double jig32E Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Castletown Conners
 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 PitS (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):
Castletown Conners / Castletown Jig / Connor's Jig / Condon's Frolics / Paddy Carty's Jig / Walsh's (also with parts reversed, also in A or B)
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
196815#1[PitS] various. Paddy in the Smoke. Martin Byrnes (fiddle), Danny Meehan (fiddle), Bobby Casey (fiddle), Tony McMahon (accordion), Andy Boyle (fiddle), Jimmy Power (fiddle), Jimmy Dunleavy (fiddle), Sean O'Shea (fiddle), Con Curtin (fiddle), Denis McMahon (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion), Father O'Keeffe (mandolin), Lucy Farr (fiddle), Edmond Murphy (fiddle).View album details
~19805#3[JKn 1] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).View album details
19997#2[JWh 2] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).View album details
~19995#2[PF] Patty Furlong. Traditional Irish Music on Button Accordion. Patty Conway Furlong (accordion).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 #838 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #100 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #324 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 31 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #10 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As jig #154 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As jig #346 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As jig #356 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): 1903
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