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Tune ID#1683 (Road to Lisdoonvarna)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Road to Lisdoonvarna 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 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Road to Lisdoonvarna, The / Road to Lisdoonvarna / The Galway Girls / March of the Tribes to Galway / All the Ways to Galway / All the Way to Galway / Sarsfield March / Flash Away the Pressing Gang / Slash Away the Pressing Gang / Sonny Brogan's (3rd in set Michael Gorman's on BB 2, mislabeled as The Laurel Tree on some reissues; mislabeled as Joe Cooley's on BB 6; 1st in set 44 Mill Street on SHtn 1; 2nd in set The Road to Lisdoonvarna on FullSt 2) (also in A, also doubled, also with reversed parts, also as highland) (compare 1st part with 1st part of highland All the Way to Galway #7512; compare 2nd part with 2nd part of polka The Kerry Cow #2830)
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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).
19692.11#1
[MR 10] Micho Russell. Rarities and Old Favorites 1949-1993. Micho Russell (whistle, flute, vocals). For this tune: (F whistle).
~19737#2
[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: 1st time Paddy Moloney (pipes).
19766#3
[BB 2] The Bothy Band. Old Hag You Have Killed Me. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Kevin Burke (fiddle), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet, harmonium), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán).
19765#3
[BB 6] The Bothy Band. Live in Concert. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute), Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle), Peter Browne (pipes), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar).
~19978#2
[TMcCrthy] Tommy McCarthy. Sporting Nell. Tommy McCarthy (concertina, pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).
~19972#3
[Sol 2] Solas. Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers. Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, mandocello, vocals), Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, whistle, mandolin, guitar, bodhrán, percussion), Winifred Horan (fiddle), John Williams (accordion, concertina).
199812#2
[JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion). For this tune: with Padraic Keane (fiddle), Darach Keane (low whistle).
19989#2
[JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion).
200212#1
[AJK] Alan and John Kelly. Fourmilehouse. Alan Kelly (piano accordion), John Kelly (flute, whistle).
20101#1
[SHtn 1] Shannon Heaton. The Blue Dress. Shannon Heaton (flute).
~201014#2
[CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~201311#2
[FullSt 2] FullSet. Notes after Dark. Janine Redmond (accordion), Martino Vacca (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle, snare drum), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán, glockenspiel, percussion), Andrew Meaney (guitar, bass guitar). For this tune: 1st time Janine (accordion).
~202213#1
[DOMr] Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Siúl na Slí. Diarmuid Ó Meachair (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (C#/D accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Cúnla
BB 2, BB 6
Miss Lyon's Fancy
JKn 6, JKn 5
Speed the Plough
Ch 3
Limestone Rock
TMcCrthy
High Hill
Sol 2
Larkin's Beehives
CYHCIt
Archie Menzie's
FullSt 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Sandmount
JKn 5, JKn 6
Road to Lisdoonvarna
Ch 3
Molly Bán
BB 2
Cooley's
BB 6
Easter Sunday
AJK
Roving Bachelor
SHtn 1
Dash to Portobello
CYHCIt
Boil the Breakfast Early
FullSt 2
Joe O'Malley's Favourite
DOMr

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 #999 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 101 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #19 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 19 of [LPUP] Eithne and Brian Vallely. Learn to Play the Uilleann Pipes. [available]
As tune #23 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
On page 109 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
On page 231 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
In [L] Alan's private loose music.
As reel #290 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #92 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
As tune #24 in [DM 4] Dave Mallinson. 100 Vital Irish Session Tunes. [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): 1907