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Tune ID#2096 (John Mc Kenna's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of John Mc Kenna'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 CA (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Barn dance32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
John Mc Kenna's / Francie Mooney's German / Kerry Mills / Paddy Taylor's / Paddy Taylor's Barndance / Maggie's Lilt / Davy Davy, Knick Knack / Paddy Joe Gormley's Barndance / Roise Bheag Roise Mhoire's / Untitled German (1st in set Germans on CA; 2nd in set Francie Mooney's on Fdl 2; 1st in set Gaelic Park on NNC 3; 1st in Moneymusk Medley on DOMr) (2nd part on TapRT is unusual; also in G; also as hornpipe)
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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).
~194924#1
[TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Matt Muldoon Céilí Quartet: Matt Muldoon (fiddle), Charlie Corrin (fiddle), Eileen Muldoon (piano), Benny Carey (drums).
~19839#1
[CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute).
~19946#1
[SRn 2] Seán Ryan. Minstrel's Fancy. Cliaraí Ceoil. Seán Ryan (whistle).
~20039#1
[TapRT] The Tap Room Trio. The Tap Room Trio. Harry Bradley (flute, piccolo), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano, flute).
~20077#1
[Hmdgr] Paul Brock and Enda Scahill. Humdinger. Paul Brock (accordion), Enda Scahill (banjo, mandolin).
~200913#2
[Fdl 2] Fidil. 3. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle), Damien McGeehan (fiddle).
20129#1
[NNC 3] Niamh Ní Charra. Cuz. A Tribute to Terry "Cuz" Teahan. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina, vocals, viola). For this tune: (fiddle), with Jimmy Keane (piano accordion).
~202216#1
[DOMr] Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Siúl na Slí. Diarmuid Ó Meachair (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (Eb melodeon).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
McConnell's
Fdl 2
Played beforeOn Albums
[untitled]
TaisLFid
Sherwood Forest
CA
Sweet Flowers of Miltown
SRn 2
Glenconwell Hornpipe
TapRT
Bird in the Bush
Hmdgr
Gaelic Park
NNC 3
Moneymusk
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.
On page 46 of [SLoP] Paul Deloughery. Sliabh Luachra on Parade. [available]
On page 152 of [CITM] Fintan Vallely. The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. [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): 1949