Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 88 (John Brennan's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of John Brennan'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 LLPQ 2 (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):
John Brennan's / Denis Murphy's Favourite / The Ash Plant / Matt Molloy's / Jim Kelly's / Maguire's / Night in Ennis / Tipperary Fancy / Coleman's / Dennis Murphy's Favourite (also in A)
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
~20015#2[JCt 3] John Carty. Yeh, That's All It Is. John Carty (fiddle, guitar).View album details
20035#3[LLPQ 2] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Track Across the Deep. Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Dee Havlin (flute, whistle), Maureen Linane (accordion), Kathleen O'Sullivan (vocals).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 #30 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #208 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As reel #28 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #8 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 78 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): 1974