Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#4488 (Bantry Bay)
about these two barsThese two bars are quoted from the transcription in the book 1850 (details in the Bibliography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornpipe | 32 | AABB | G Major |
Bantry Bay / Bá Bheanntraí / The Bantry Bay Hornpipe / The Union Hornpipe / Little Stack of Wheat / Seanbhean bocht (2nd in an alternating pair of tunes originally titled The Royal Stack of Barley on RtHMad; 2nd in Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2) (also in A)
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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to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 12#2 | [RtHaMtD] Round the House and Mind the Dresser. Michael Coleman (fiddle), Packie Dolan (fiddle). |
| ~2002 | 2.8#3 | [MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums). |
| ~2007 | 1.2#2 | [CLnn 2] Charlie Lennon. Turning the Tune. Charlie Lennon (fiddle, viola, piano, harpsichord, bass, keyboards). |
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 very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #1573 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #823 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #219 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #108 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| On page 112 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. |
| On page 168 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #290 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As hp #33 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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