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Tune ID#1102 (Larry Redican's Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Larry Redican's Reel about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch B (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Larry Redican's Reel / Larry Redican's / Redigan's / McGlinchey's Reel / The Galway Reel / Galway Reel / Ríl na Gaillimhe / Fahey's Reel / Reavy's / Johnny McGreavy's Favorite [Johnny McGreevy's Favorite] / The Ironing Board / Mulvihills (1st in set Up against the Buachalawns on Ch B; mislabeled on PCln as Up against the Boughalauns ; 1st in set Larry Redigan's on SWlsh 4; originally mislabeled on ECrn 1 as Luck Penny) (composed by Larry Redican according to PJHrn 1, JNolan, and PoNY, or by Paddy Fahy according to LCTM)
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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).
~19781#1
[LCTM] Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire. Kiss Me Kate. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
~197818#1
[PJHrn 1] P.J. Hernon. P.J. Hernon. P.J. Hernon (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (accordion).
~19798#1
[Ch B] The Chieftains. 9. Boil the Breakfast Early. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle). For this tune: Sean Keane (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute).
~198114#1
[SWlsh 4] Séamus Walshe. Traditional Music of Ireland on Button Accordion. Séamus Walshe (accordion).
~19881#1
[KSG] Kevin and Séamus Glackin. Na Saighneáin. Northern Lights. Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Séamus Glackin (fiddle).
~19967#1
[PCln] Pat Cloonan. Pat Cloonan's Thanksgiving. Patrick Cloonan (accordion). For this tune: with Martin Hayes (fiddle).
~20005#1
[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
~20091#1
[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).
201115#1
[KRyan] Karen Ryan. The Coast Road. Karen Ryan (fiddle, banjo, whistle). For this tune: (fiddle).
~20149#1

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Culfadda
SWlsh 4, JNolan
Finbarr Dwyer's
LCTM
Wheels of the World
PJHrn 1
Miss Lyon's Fancy
Ch B
Sweeney's Buttermilk
KSG
Lad O'Beirne's
PCln
Gatehouse Maid
PoNY
Musical Priest
KRyan
Return to Camden Town
ECrn 1

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 #30 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #60 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [available]
As reel #34 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As reel #85 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #2 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1974