Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 801 (Munster Jig)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Munster Jig
 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 SatG (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):
Munster Jig, The / The Munster / The Best in the Bag / King of the Jigs / The King Jig / The Happy Mistake / Jackson's Mistake / Miss Monroe's Jig / Mrs. Monroe's Jig / Green Fields of Miltown / John Blessing's Delight / Jim O'Connor's (appears again at end of set on IDM 2) (also in A, also with 4 parts) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Joy of My Life #1004)
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
193115#1[IDM 2] various. Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. View album details
~196912#1[SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle).View album details
~19851#1[TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).View album details
199510#1[JDr 2] Joe Derrane. Return to Inis Mór. Joe Derrane (accordion).View album details
~19956#2[Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes).View album details
20006#2[KC 2] Kevin Crawford. In Good Company. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle).View album details
20052.3#2[WFO 3] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 3. 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 #852 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #982 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #113 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #198 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #126 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #23 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 33 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 56 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #174 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #80 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As jig #6 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan. [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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