Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 4565 (Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig80AABBCCDDEEG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh
 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 COC (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):
Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh / [Paddy O'Rafferty] / Páidín O'Rafferty / Paidin O'Rafferty / Paideen O'Rafferty (also in A) (compare 1st part with 2nd part of Síos Chun na Trá #4250; compare 5th part with 3rd part of the common Paddy O'Rafferty #1522)
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
19971#2[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
19985#2[PS 7] Patrick Street. Live from Patrick Street. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Andy Irvine (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Ged Foley (guitar, fiddle).View album details
~200014#2[COC] Connie O'Connell. Ceol Cill na Martra (Music from Cill Na Martra). Connie O'Connell (fiddle).View album details
~20052#2[InTndm] Kevin Burke and Ged Foley. In Tandem. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Ged Foley (guitar, vocals).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 #11(ii) in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2.
As jig #35 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

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): 1968