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Tune ID#1364 (Grandpa Tommy's Ceílí Band)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Grandpa Tommy's Ceílí Band about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MMulv 1 (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):
Grandpa Tommy's Ceílí Band / Grandpa Tommy's Ceili Band / Grampa's Ceili Band / Granpa's Ceili Band / Banna Céilí Daideo Taimí / Buíon Cheoil Dhaideo Tomaí / Mulhaire's #4 / Martin Mulhaire's / Mulhare's / Mulhaires / Mullhaire's / Mulhair's Reel [Mulhaire's] (2nd in set Lady Anne on AtR 3) (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).
~1978B.4#1
[MMulv 1] Martin Mulvihill with Mick Moloney. Traditional Irish Fiddling from County Limerick. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle).
19928#2
[ScE] Gerry Harrington and Eoghan O'Sullivan. Scéal Eile. Gerry Harrington (fiddle), Eoghan O'Sullivan (accordion). For this tune: Eoghan (flute), Gerry (fiddle).
~19933#2
[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute). For this tune: Martin (accordion).
~199518#2
[CDrny 3] Chris Droney. The Fertile Rock. Chris Droney (concertina).
~19991#4
[CTL 7] Cherish the Ladies. At Home. Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo, mandolin), Aoife Clancy (vocals), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle, vocals), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Donna Long (piano, synthesizer, fiddle, vocals), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle, concertina).
~20085#2
[AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki).
~200910#2
[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
Martin Mulhaire's #9
WU, PoNY
Sean Maguire's
ScE
Green Gates
CDrny 3
Bank of Ireland
CTL 7
Lady Anne Montgomery
AtR 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Morning Mist
MMulv 1
Father Newman's
ScE

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 reel #183 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #129(i) in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
As tune #129(ii) in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
As reel #30 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): 1978