Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#632 (First House in Connaught)
about these two barsThese two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IDM 1 (details in the Discography below).
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reel | 32 | AABB | G Major |
First House in Connaught, The / First House in Connaught / The First House in Connacht / The First House of Connaught / The End House in Connaught
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). |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | 9#2 | [IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band: Paddy Kelly (fiddle), Jack Mulkere (fiddle), Jimmy Drury (fiddle)?, Joe Mills (accordion). |
| 1937 | 5#1 | [OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Sean Dempsey (pipes). |
| 1945 | 21#1 | [IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Moate Ceilidhe Band. |
| ~1959 | 3#1 | [SE 1] Seamus Ennis. The Bonny Bunch of Roses. Seamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals). |
| ~1976 | 15#1 | [GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. Sean McAloon. |
| ~1979 | 12#1 | [BMu 1] Brendan Mulvihill, accompanied by Mick Moloney. The Flax in Bloom. Traditional Irish Music. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin). |
| ~1994 | 2#2 | [SJMcG] Sean and Jim McGuire. Pure Traditional Irish Fiddle Music. Brothers Together. Tribute to their Father. Sean McGuire (fiddle), Jim McGuire (fiddle). |
| ~1996 | 9#2 | [GOh] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin. Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina, whistle). |
| ~2006 | 2.13#2 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Caoimhín O'Raghallaigh (F flute). |
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 #43 in [D&M] Arthur Warren Darley and Patrick Joseph McCall. The Darley and McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. |
| As tune #38 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." |
| As reel #96 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #31 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. |
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): 1914