Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 860 (Humours of Glendart)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Humours of Glendart
 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 HG (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):
Humours of Glendart, The / Humours of Glendart / Humors of Glendart / East at Glendart / East at Glandart / East of Glendart / Finley's Jig / Darby Gallagher / Darby Gallagher's Jig / Shins around the Fireside / Shins around the Fire / Tim the Piper / The Cashel Jig
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
193915#2[HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).View album details
19402#3[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals).View album details
~19749#1[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. View album details
197717#1[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~19792#1[Plx 5] Planxty. After the Break. Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonium, bodhrán), Donal Lunny (blarge, guitar), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle).View album details
199914#1[JWh 2] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).View album details
200013#1[RBys] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar).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 #719 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #19 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 19 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #77 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 88 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 144 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As jig #55 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 22 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [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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