Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#853 (Humours of Ballyloughlin)
| Rhythm ? | Bars | 8-bar phrase structure | Mode ? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double jig | 64 | AABBCCDD | D Mixolydian |
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 SK 1 (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Humours of Ballyloughlin, The / Humours of Ballyloughlin / Humors of Ballyloughlin / The Humours of Derryloughan / The Fairy Hurlers / The Hurlers' March / Máirseál na nIománaithe
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). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1975 | 13#2 | [SK 1] Seán Keane. Gusty's Frolicks. Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1976 | 10#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy accompanied by Dónal Lunny. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). |
| ~1976 | 3#1 | [KClns 1] Kathleen Collins. Traditional Music of Ireland. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). |
| 1990 | 4#1 | [MLIIA] various. The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. |
| 1993 | 5#1 | [EI 1] Eileen Ivers. Eileen Ivers. Traditional Irish Music. Eileen Ivers (fiddle, mandolin, rainstick). |
| 1993 | 9#1 | [GL1] various. The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. |
| ~1994 | 5#1 | [NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. |
| 1998 | 4#3 | [Chlr] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals). |
| 2001 | 13#2 | [TC] various. Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. |
| ~2002 | 12#1 | [CaBrdg] Niall and Cillian Vallely. Callan Bridge. Niall Vallely (concertina), Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). |
| 2007 | 10#3 | [AbsIr] various. Absolutely Irish. Mac Benford (banjo, vocals), Darrah Carr (feet), Liz Carroll (fiddle), Karan Casey (vocals), Brendan Dolan (piano), John Doyle (guitar, bouzouki, vocals), Seamus Egan (banjo, flute), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Rhys Jones (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Susan McKeown (vocals), Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (vocals, guitar), Niall O'Leary (feet), Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes, whistle), Mike Rafferty (flute), Athena Tergis (fiddle). |
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 #32 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| As tune #145 in [WC] Pat Mitchell. The Dance Music of Willie Clancy. |
| As tune #60 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols. |
| On page 39 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. |
| On page 138 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. |
| On page 89 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition. |
| As tune #67 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. |
| On page 146 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As jig #52 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
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): 1963