Tune Search
Sign in or join  to see your:     Home   Playlists   Practice Machine   Stats   Friends   Albums   Preferences   Sign out
The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#1721 (Sandmount)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Sandmount about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MB 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Sandmount / The Sandmount / The Sandmount Reel / Sandy Mount / Sandymount / The Sandymount / The Sandpiper / Mick Hand's Reel / Mick Hand's / Ríl Mhícheáil Mhig Laithimh (1st in The Virginia Set on Drv 1, where it is mislabeled as Paddy O'Brien's, The Sandmont Reel) (also in G)
To get to your personal tune notes, Log in or Create an account
Note shared with my friends:

Note to myself only:
42 members play this tune.
0 of them are your friends.

Suggest this Tune

To:
Comment to friend:
Map of where members are who play this tune.
Where members are who play this tune.

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.

Click play below to hear the first 12 seconds.
Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19761.1#3
[DD 2] De Danann. Selected Jigs Reels and Songs. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, whistle), Charlie Piggot (banjo, melodeon, mandolin, whistle, bouzouki), Johnny Moynihan (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, whistle, harmonica), Alec Finn (bouzouki), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: Frankie (fiddle).
~197912#1
[MB 1] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin. Traditional Irish Music on the Tin Whistle. Mary Bergin (whistle). For this tune: (Eb whistle).
~198110#2
[KOS] James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. Traditional Music of Ireland. James Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (vocals, guitar).
~19862.5#2
[MMulv 2] Martin Mulvihill. The Humors of Glin. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle). For this tune: Donie (Eb flute).
~199210#1
[Drv 1] Dervish. Harmony Hill. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Shane McAleer (fiddle, viola), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin), Michael Holmes (bouzouki, guitar).
199812#3
[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#3
[JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion).
~199817#1
[MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). For this tune: Mary (accordion).
20021#2
[EGrs 1] Eliot Grasso. Standing Room Only. Eliot Grasso (pipes).
~20044#3
[TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Road to Lisdoonvarna		JKn 6, JKn 5
Castle Jig		DD 2
Molly Bán		KOS
Come West along the Road		MMulv 2
Miss Susan Cooper		EGrs 1
Fair Wind		TTItself
Played beforeOn Albums
Flowers of Red Hill		DD 2
Reel of Mullinavat		MB 1
Virginia		Drv 1
Star of Munster		MMR 2
Boys of the Lough		EGrs 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 #29 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
As tune #170 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #45 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #377 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #303 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #142 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): 1975
Please cite your source when you use information from this document.
© 2000–2025 Alan Ng. Questions? Comments? Please use the easy Feedback Form. Thank you!
Start at