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Tune ID#1831 (Star of the County Down)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Mode ?
AirB Minor
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Star of the County Down, The / Star of the County Down / Banbridge Town / My Love Nell / Sliabh na in Ban [Sliabh na m Ban] (also in A or E, also as march, jig, or single jig)
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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).
~19792.12#1
[MByrnes2] Máirtín Byrnes. The Inimitable Máirtín Byrnes. Máirtín Byrnes (fiddle, vocal). For this tune: with Diarmaid Fleming (accordion).
~19792.12#2
[MByrnes2] Máirtín Byrnes. The Inimitable Máirtín Byrnes. Máirtín Byrnes (fiddle, vocal).
~199310#1
[BG 5] Bobby Gardiner. The Master's Choice. Bobby Gardiner (accordion).
~199710#1
[SHernon] Seán Hernon. An Nóra Bheag. Seán Hernon (Eb whistle, banjo).
~199710#2
[SHernon] Seán Hernon. An Nóra Bheag. Seán Hernon (Eb whistle, banjo).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Star of the County Down		MByrnes2, SHernon
Played beforeOn Albums
Star of the County Down		MByrnes2, SHernon
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine		BG 5

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 #38 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #90 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
On page 24 of [RW] Robin Williamson. The Penny Whistle Book. [available]
On page 265 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [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): 1927
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