Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 89 (Ash Plant)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Ash Plant
 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 IDM 1 (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):
Ash Plant, The / The Ashplant / The Ash-Plant / The Ash Plant No. 1 / An Maide Fuinnseoige / Planda na Fuirseoige (appears within song Keeper of the Game on MSHtn 1) (also singled, also in F# Minor) (compare Rogha Thomáis Uí Dhubhda / Tom Dowd's Favorite and Morning Dew #2512)
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
193823#1[IDM 1] various. Irish Dance Music. View album details
~197117#1[GP] various. The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. View album details
197417#1[CC] Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon. Clare Concertinas. Bernard O'Sullivan (concertina), Tommy McMahon (concertina) except where solos noted.View album details
19852#1[Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion).View album details
~19988#1[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle).View album details
~20003#1[MMcG 2] Michael McGoldrick. Fused. Michael McGoldrick (flute except where noted).View album details
20016#2[A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)].View album details
~20038(1:47)#2[MSHtn 1] Matt and Shannon Heaton. Dearga. Shannon Heaton (flute, whistle, vocals), Matt Heaton (guitar, vocals, bodhrán, dobro, electric guitar).View album details
20069#2[TCB 4] The Tulla Céilí Band. 60th Anniversary Celebration. Mark Donnellan (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Jim Corry (piano), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), J.J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Martin Glynn (flute), Mick Flanagan (drums).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 #116 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 47 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
In [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
As tune #14 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 1 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #220 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): 1938
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