Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#482 (Wicklow Hornpipe)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 3 (transposed to D) (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornpipe | 32 | AABB | D Mixolydian |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Wicklow Hornpipe, The / The Wicklow / Delahunty's Hornpipe / Delahunty's / Delahanty's Hornpipe / Delahaunty's / The Homebrew Hornpipe / The Home Brew / The Kerry Hornpipe / Road to Boyle / The Road to Boyle / The Groves of Slaney / John Quinn's / The Iron Gate / Sonny Murray's (compare parts of several of the compositions by Paddy Moloney on Ch BIH)
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 10 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1970 | 8#1 | [FD 1] Finbarr Dwyer. [Finbarr Dwyer. Irish Traditional Accordionist]. Disc 2 of of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Finbarr Dwyer (accordion). |
| ~1973 | 3#2 | [Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). |
| 1993 | 1.6#1 | [SDI 3] Set Dances of Ireland. Volume III. Denis McMahon (fiddle), Paudy Scully (flute), Timmy O'Connor (melodeon). |
| ~1995 | 4#1 | [JW 1] John Williams. John Williams. John Williams (accordion, concertina). For this tune: (concertina), with Micho Russell (whistle). |
| ~1997 | 6#1 | [Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano). |
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 #1579 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #828 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. |
| As tune #67 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 169 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. |
| As tune #226 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. |
| As hp #37 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #78 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. |
| In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic]. |
| On page 215 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As hp #16 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As hp #48 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. |
| As tune #263 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
| On page 116 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle 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): 1903