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Tune ID#1734 (Scully Casey's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Scully Casey's about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BC 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Scully Casey's / Sculley Casey's / Scully Casey's Jig / Scully's Jig / The Quilty Shore / Bobby Casey's / Bobby Caseys / Casey's Return / Walls of Enniscorthy / The Merry Old Woman Jig / Unidentified (1st in set Scully's Single Jigs on BC 4; 3rd in set Tenpenny Bit on Drv 5) (also in G Dorian, E Dorian, or A Mixolydian) (compare in Major as Mouse in the Cupboard #1274) (misattributed in a couple sources to Bobby Casey)
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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).
196613#1
[BC 3] Bobby Casey. The Spirit of West Clare. Bobby Casey (fiddle, whistle).
~19755#1
[BC 4] Bobby Casey. Maestro. Bobby Casey (fiddle).
~19792#1
[Ev] Kevin Burke and Jackie Daly. Eavesdropper. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina). For this tune: Kevin Burke (fiddle), Jackie Daly (concertina).
~19959#2
[PCny] Paddy Canny. Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler. Paddy Canny (fiddle).
~19982#1
[LN 2] Laurence Nugent. Two for Two. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle). For this tune: (flute), with Kevin Burke (fiddle).
~19982.1#2
[JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: (fiddle).
~19993#3
[Drv 5] Dervish. Midsummer's Night. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle), Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin, vocals).
20001#1
[MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). For this tune: (G#/D# concertina).
~20012#1
[KCrhn] Kevin Crehan. An Bhábóg sa Bhádóg. Music from West Clare. Kevin Crehan (fiddle).
~20021#2
[Boh 3] Bohola. Bohola. Jimmy Keane (piano accordion), Sean Cleland (fiddle, viola, baritone fiddle), Pat Broaders (dordan, bouzouki, vocals).
~20027#3
[CaBrdg] Niall and Cillian Vallely. Callan Bridge. Niall Vallely (concertina), Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle).
~20027#3
[LitN] Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue. Late . . . in the Night. Christy Barry (flute, whistle, spoons), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Cyril O'Donoghue (bouzouki, guitar).
~200714#1
[Chlr 3] Chulrua. The Singing Kettle. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).
20126#2
[JKn 7] James Keane. Heir of the Dog. James Keane (accordion).
201410#2
[SSands 1] Seamus Sands. Across Bridges. Traditional Irish Fiddle Playing. Seamus Sands (fiddle).
~201514#1
[CEgan] Claire Egan. Turning Tides. Claire Egan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Caves of Kiltanon		PCny
Mist-Covered Mountain		JCrehan
Mrs. O'Sullivan's Jig		Drv 5
Redican's Jig		Boh 3
Dhá Phréachan		LitN
Munster Lass		CaBrdg
Woods of Old Limerick		JKn 7
Caoineadh an tSagairt		SSands 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Maid in the Meadow		BC 3
Scully Casey's		BC 4
Eavesdropper		Ev
Willie Johnston's		LN 2
Maid at the Well		Drv 5
Kilmovee Jig		MOR 1
High Jig		KCrhn
Chapel Bell		Boh 3
Pull the Knife and Stick It Again		Chlr 3
Sturgeon		JKn 7
Dooish		CEgan

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 #60 in volume 3 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As tune #98 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
On page 233 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As tune #16 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As tune #26 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
As jig #87 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): 1966
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