Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 947 (Jimmy Doyle's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Polka32AABBG Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Jimmy Doyle'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 DLB (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):
Jimmy Doyle's / Jimmy Doyle's Favourite / Din Tarrant's Polka / Din Tarrant's Polka 1 / Din Tarrant's / Din Turrant's (2nd in set Mighty Session Hi! on ADB; 3rd in set Dave Hennesseys / Brendan Begley's Favourite on CrssCl) (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
~19862.5#2[RtH] various. Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Neillidh Mulligan (pipes), Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich (accordion), Gerry Bevan (fiddle).View album details
1991[2] various. Alan's other personal audiocassettes.
19954#2[ADB] various. Mighty Session! View album details
19982#1[CBnds] various. The County Bounds. View album details
19994#3[CrssCl] Seamus Glackin, Brendan Begley, Michael O'Brien, Mary Corcoran, Mick Gaynor. Crossroads Céilí. Seamus Glackin (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion), Michael O'Brien (flute), Mary Corcoran (piano), Mick Gaynor (drums).View album details
200216#2[DLB] Donncha Lynch Band. Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy's Set Dances of Cork and Kerry. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogan Lynch (concertina), Ronan Lynch (fiddle), Donncha Lynch, Jr. (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.

On page 131 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #51 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #37 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #81 in [IBPS] Pat Conway. Ireland's Best Polkas and Slides. [available]
On page 228 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.

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): 1978
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