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Tune ID#2411 (Johnny Mhosai's Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Johnny Mhosai's Reel about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JD 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Johnny Mhosai's Reel / John Mhosey McGinley's Reel / John Mosai Mc Ginley's / Ríl Sheáin Mhosaí / The Heathery Cruach / The Monaghan Switch / The Monaghan Twist / The Ladies of Tullybardee (2nd in set The Liverpool Hornpipe (Banjo set) on MOCCH 1; 1st in set The Heathery Cruach on FullSt 1) (compare The Monaghan Twig #1335)
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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).
197724#1
[JD 4] John Doherty. Bundle and Go. John Doherty (fiddle).
~19837#2
[CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute).
199310#2
[A IA] Altan. Island Angel. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals).
~19961#3
[JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle).
~19977#1
[CBt] Celtic Beat. Traditional Music from Ireland. Neil Martin (pipes).
~20088#2
[MOCCH 1] Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd. Crossroads. Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo, viola), Seamie O'Dowd (guitar, vocals, bass, mandolin, cabasa). For this tune: Cathal Hayden (banjo).
20116#1
[FullSt 1] FullSet. Notes at Liberty. Seán McCarthy (pipes, whistle), Michael Harrison (fiddle), Janine Redmond (accordion), Teresa Horgan (vocals, flute), Eamonn Moloney (bodhrán), Andrew Meaney (guitar). For this tune: 1st time Seán (pipes).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Heathery Cruach		CA
Glory Reel		A IA
Jack Roe's		JK 3
Liverpool Hornpipe		MOCCH 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Johnny's Gone to France		CBt
Esther's Reel		MOCCH 1
Mrs Lawrie's		FullSt 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.
On page 70 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As reel #130 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1977
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