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Tune ID#1363 (Martin Mulhaire's #9)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Martin Mulhaire's #9 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording WU (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Martin Mulhaire's #9 / Martin Mulhaire's No. 9 / Mulhaire's No. 9 / Martin Mulhaire's Number Nine / Ríl Mháirtín Uí Mhaolchéire, Uimhir a Naoi / Ríl Uimh. 9 Uí Mhaoilchéire / Mulhaire's #9 / Mulhaires #9 / Mulhaire's / Mulhaires / Roly Poly / Ciaran O' Reilly / Noreen's / Mick Flatley's Delight (3rd in set Don't Forget the Whip on KCB 5) (also in G; with high part as intro on ST ES and WFO 1) (composed by Martin Mulhaire)
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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).
~19867#1
[SWlsh 4] Séamus Walshe. Traditional Music of Ireland on Button Accordion. Séamus Walshe (accordion).
19888#2
[GFA] The Green Fields of America. Live in Concert. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar, tres, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, synthesizers, vocals), Eileen Ivers (fiddle), Seamus Egan (pipes, flute, whistle, bodhrán, tres).
~198915#1
[GdMxr] Noel O Grady, Henry Benagh, John Carty, Marcus Hernon. The Good Mixer.
19901#1
[MNln 1] Martin Nolan. Travel 'n Style. Martin Nolan (pipes, whistle).
19913#2
[FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Tommy Peoples, Séamus Gibson..
~19933#1
[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute). For this tune: Martin (accordion).
~19965#1
[ST ES] Seamus Tansey. Easter Snow. Seamus Tansey (flute).
~19978#3
[KCB 5] The Kilfenora Céili Band. Set on Stone. Aidan McMahon (fiddle), Anne Marie McCormack (fiddle), Anne Rynne (fiddle), Garry Shannon (flute), Anthony Quigney (flute), Conor McCarthy (accordion), John Lynch (banjo), Tim Collins (concertina), Fintan McMahon (piano), Sean Griffin (drums), Paul O'Driscoll (double bass).
~19971.7#1
[WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Seamus Tansey (flute).
~20084#1
[RossBr] Ben Lennon and Tony O'Connell. Rossinver Braes. Ben Lennon (fiddle), Tony O'Connell (concertina).
~200910#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). For this tune: Billy McComiskey (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Anna Maculeen		GFA
Farrell O'Gara		FS
Doonagore		KCB 5
Played beforeOn Albums
Grandpa Tommy's Ceílí Band		WU, PoNY
Street Player		ST ES, WFO 1
Imelda Roland's		SWlsh 4
Old Woman of the House		GFA
Lasses of Ballintra		GdMxr
John Stenson's No. 2		MNln 1
Banks of the Ilen		RossBr

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 #7 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 11 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As tune #132 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
On page 76 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #230 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #219 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As reel #32 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
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