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Tune ID#2894 (Father Kelly's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Father Kelly'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 JKn 2 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Father Kelly's / Father Kelly's Reel / Ríl an Athar Uí Cheallaigh / Over the Bog Road / The Monsignor's Blessings / The Hurricane's Victory / Marcus Hernon's (2nd in Jackie Coleman Set on JCt 1) (credited to Father Kelly but only in the book CRE 5 and this tune is absent from the book FrKlly) (compare Glen Allen #730)
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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).
~19762.3#1 (2:07)
[DD 2] De Danann. Selected Jigs Reels and Songs. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute, whistle), Charlie Piggot (banjo, melodeon, mandolin, whistle, bouzouki), Johnny Moynihan (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, whistle, harmonica), Alec Finn (bouzouki), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: Frankie (flute).
~19807#1
[JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). For this tune: with Mick Moloney (banjo).
~19901.3#1
[HamHam] Hammy Hamilton. The Moneymusk. Hammy Hamilton (flute). For this tune: with Paul McGrattan (flute).
~19944#2
[JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). For this tune: (banjo).
~19984#3
[Cian] Cian. Three Shouts from a Hill. Brian Duke (flute), Padraig Rynne (concertina), Tim Murry (guitar, vocals), Damien Quinn (bodhrán, percussion).
~200312#1
[KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Jackie Coleman's
JCt 1
Road to Cashel
Cian
Played beforeOn Albums
Green Fields of America
JKn 2
Miss Thornton's
HamHam
Whistling Postman
KitRec

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 #36 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. [available]
As tune #138 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
As reel #255 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): 1976