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Tune ID#2503 (Greencastle Hornpipe)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Greencastle Hornpipe about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOL 3 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Greencastle Hornpipe, The / The Greencastle / The Limerick Hornpipe / Mc Partland's Style / McPartlin's Style / Stíl Mhic Pharthaláin (also in G) (for 6th figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on JRSLCB 2; as Hornpipe Gan Ainm and 1st in set Dingle Harbour Set on TEdey 1)
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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).
19252.20#2
[JMcK] John McKenna. The Music and Life of John McKenna. 'The Buck from the Mountain'. John McKenna (flute, whistle, lilting, vocals). For this tune: (E flute).
19833#2
[FG 2] Frankie Gavin. Croch Suas É. Up and Away. Frankie Gavin (flute, fiddle, whistle, accordion). For this tune: (F flute).
19953#2
[JOL 3] Johnny O'Leary. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).
~19968#1
[SN 1] Sliabh Notes. Sliabh Notes. Dónal Murphy (accordion), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tommy O'Sullivan (guitar, vocals).
199712#1
[Beg 1] Beginish. Beginish. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki).
~199712#2
[MMrch 1] Marcas Ó Murchú. Ó Bhéal go Béal. Marcas Ó Murchú (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (D flute).
~19986#1
[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~20065#1
[TEdey 1] Tim Edey. Irish Music from the Dingle Peninsula and Beyond. Tim Edey (accordion, whistle, banjo, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, double bass, percussion). For this tune: (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Buck from the Mountain
JMcK, FG 2, MMrch 1
Murphy's
JOL 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Road to Glountane
SN 1, TEdey 1
Miss Patterson's Slipper
Beg 1
Golden Eagle
JRSLCB 2

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 #1557 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #807 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #235 in volume 2 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #75 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
On page 164 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As tune #288 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #305 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As hp #28 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): 1903