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Tune ID#1061 (Knights of St. Patrick)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Knights of St. Patrick about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording LR 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Knights of St. Patrick, The / Knights of St. Patrick / The Knights of Saint Patrick / The Knight of St. Patrick / The Knight of Patrick / Ridirí Naomh Pádraig / Rí na bPíobairí / The Reeks of St Patrick / The King of the Pipers / The Limestone Quarry / The Kilimer Jig (as Gan Ainm on EMlny; as Name unknown on OMT) (with 2nd part as an intro on JMcKllp)
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Discography cd

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.

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Year
Recorded
Track
#Tune?
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
19492.5#1
~19572.8#1
[EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute), with Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~19587#2
[KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums).
~19599#1
[LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
197711#1
[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).
~19832#2
[JMcKllp] Jim McKillop, Josephine Keegan. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Jim McKillop (fiddle), Josephine Keegan (piano).
19951#3
[JK 2] James Kelly and Zan McLeod. The Ring Sessions. James Kelly (fiddle), Zan McLeod (guitar, bouzouki).
~19988#3
[DAttic] Damp in the Attic. I Was ...... Flyin It. P.J. King (accordion), Martin Murray (fiddle, viola, mandolin), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar).
~19994#1
[OMT] Billy McComiskey, Brendan Mulvihill, and Zan McLeod. One More Time. Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), and Zan McLeod (guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, bass). For this tune: Brendan.
~20001#2
[EOR] Eoin Ó Riabhaigh. Tiomnacht. Handed On. Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (pipes).
~20057#1
[CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina).
~20093#3
[PoNY] Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan. Pride of New York. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Brian Conway (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Dolan (piano).
~20111#1
[FlgMem] Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington, Jim Higgins. Flagstone Memories. Orla Harrington (fiddle), Andrew Mac Namara (accordion), Jim Higgins (piano, percussion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jerry's Beaver Hat
KCB 1
Scotsman over the Border
JMcKllp
Old Man Dillon
JK 2
Coleraine
DAttic
Lark on the Strand
EOR
Boys of Lough Gowna
PoNY
Played beforeOn Albums
Geese in the Bog
MDhrty
Idle Road
KCB 1
Rambling Pitchfork
EMlny
Give Us a Drink of Water
EOR
Killimor Jig
CDrny 4

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #57 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 100 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
On page 59 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As jig #93 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #52 in [DM 2] Dave Mallinson. 100 Enduring Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #217 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1949