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Tune ID#2540 (Woods of Old Limerick)

These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JOL 1 (details in the Discography below).

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	32	AABB	D Major

Basic musical information on this tune.

Rhythm ?

Bars

8-bar phrase structure

Mode ?

Double jig

AABB

D Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Woods of Old Limerick, The / Woods of Old Limerick / Coillte SheanLuimnhigh / The Wood's of Old Limerick / The Woods of Old Leitrim / Ellen O'Leary's / Ellen Leary's / Ellen O'Learys (mislabeled on MRaf as Story about My Father's Uilleann Pipes) (also in G or F or C, also in D Mixolydian, also with 2nd part as intro)

Discography

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).
1977	18#1	[JOL 1] Johnny O'Leary. Music for the Set. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra. Johnny O'Leary (accordion).
1986	2#2	[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
~1990	3#2	[PS 3] Patrick Street. Irish Times. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Andy Irvine (vocals, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki), Gerry O'Beirne (vocals, guitar), James Kelly (fiddle), Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle, keyboards), Jackie Daly (accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards).
~1996	1.4#1	[MISD 6] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 6. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).
~1998	1#3	[MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). For this tune: with Gerry O'Connor (banjo).
2000	15#1	[NR] Charlie Piggott and Gerry Harrington. The New Road. Charlie Piggott (accordion), Gerry Harrington (fiddle).
2002	4#3	[BBg 3] Brendan Begley. It Could Be a Good Night Yet! Oíche go Maidean. Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich/Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals). For this tune: (C#/D accordion).
~2004	18#2	[MRaf] Mike Rafferty. Speed 78. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes), with Mary(?) (accordion).
2006	13#2	[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~2008	1#1	[HiBs 1] The HiBs. 40 Acre Notch. Jode Dowling (fiddle), Kate Dowling (whistle, flute). For this tune: Kate (flute), Jode (fiddle).
~2008	6#1	[Snchrd] Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule. Seanchairde. Old Friends. Dermy Diamond (fiddle), Tara Diamond aka Tara Bingham (flute), Dáithí Sproule (guitar).
2012	6#1	[JKn 7] James Keane. Heir of the Dog. James Keane (accordion).
2015	4#3	[BOLCG] Bryan O'Leary, Colm Guilfoyle. Where the Bog Is. Bryan O'Leary (accordion), Colm Guilfoyle (flute). For this tune: Bryan (accordion).
2015	5#3	[JOR 2] Jason O'Rourke. The Northern Concertina. Jason O'Rourke (concertina). For this tune: with Teresa Clarke (fiddle).
~2015	6#1	[ShLBreda] Elaine Hogan and Sheila Garry. The Shores of Lough Breda. Sheila Garry (fiddle), Elaine Hogan (harp).

Played after	On Albums
Sean McGlynn's	MCnnlly
Guiry's Favorite	PS 3
Whistle and I'll Come to You	MvC 2
Tom Billy's	BBg 3
Garrett Barry's	MRaf
Sporting Pitchfork	MOR 2
Maid of Tramore	BOLCG
Coming of Spring	JOR 2

Played after

On Albums

Sean McGlynn's

MCnnlly

Guiry's Favorite

PS 3

Whistle and I'll Come to You

MvC 2

BBg 3

MRaf

MOR 2

BOLCG

JOR 2

Played before	On Albums
Coach Road to Sligo	MISD 6
Up and About in the Morning	NR
Lark on the Strand	MOR 2
Statia Donnelly's	Snchrd
Old Walls of Liscarroll	HiBs 1
Scully Casey's	JKn 7
Trip to London	ShLBreda

Played before

On Albums

Coach Road to Sligo

MISD 6

Up and About in the Morning

Lark on the Strand

MOR 2

Statia Donnelly's

Snchrd

Old Walls of Liscarroll

HiBs 1

Scully Casey's

JKn 7

Trip to London

ShLBreda

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 #99 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As jig #228 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As jig #349 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As tune #224 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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?

Tune ID#2540 (Woods of Old Limerick)

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