Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 693 (Galway Hornpipe)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Galway Hornpipe
 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 MC (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):
Galway Hornpipe, The / Galway Hornpipe / The Galway / Dan Lowry's Hornpipe / McDermott's (1st in set McDermott's on MC and on DH 3; 1st in set Galway Hornpipe on JCt 5)
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
19221.21#1[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
~19985#1[KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo).View album details
200011#1[ACB 1] The Abbey Céilí Band. Bruach an tSuláin. Ger Murphy (accordion), Andrew O'Connell (fiddle), Liam Forde (banjo), Micheál Creedon (bass, keyboards).View album details
~200011#1[DH 3] Dan Herlihy and John Drew. The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew. Dan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello).View album details
~20056#1[JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, 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.

On page 116 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #107 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 116 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As hp #36 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #87 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #82 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 204 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As hp #60 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): 1922
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