Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 672 (Frainc a'Phoill's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig64AABBCCDDD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Frainc a'Phoill's
 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 JD 3 (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):
Frainc a'Phoill's / Port Frainc a' Phoill / King of the Pipers No. 2 / The King of the Pipers / Rí na bPíobairí / Kilrane Jig (also with 5 parts and with parts in different orders)
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
197417#1[JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals).View album details
~19756#2[SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle).View album details
~19857#2[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).View album details
19917#2[FS] various. Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. View album details
19913#1[A HS] Altan. Harvest Storm. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, bouzouki-guitar).View album details
~19915#2[BT] Baal Tinne. . . . About Time. Noel Rice (flute, whistle), Kevin Rice (bodhrán, percussion), Cathleen Rice (fiddle), Matt Sundstrom (guitar), Paul Cienniwa (piano, keyboards).View album details
~19912#2[PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).View album details
200010#2[Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute).View album details
~20014#2[Beg 2] Beginish. Stormy Weather. Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki), Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle), Gavin Ralston (guitar, keyboards), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle).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 #702 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 159 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
On page 91 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 92 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
On page 154 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
On page 155 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #66 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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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