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Tune ID#3064 (Dominic's Farewell to Cashel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Dominic's Farewell to Cashel about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JsMcD (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Dominic's Farewell to Cashel / Fágann Dominic Slán le Caiseal / McAuliffe's / Sheehy's / Martin Mulvihill's Jig (3rd in set Dominic's Farewell on OCG) (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Legacy #1115 and with 1st part of Old as the Hills #7862) (composed by Josie McDermott in 1969)
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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).
19767#1
[JsMcD] Josie McDermott. Darby's Farewell. Josie McDermott (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (flute).
~19805#1
[MMlny 2] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar). For this tune: (banjo).
~200014#1
[MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina). For this tune: Mike (flute), Willie Kelly (fiddle).
20077#1
[CMcEv 3] Catherine McEvoy. The Home Ruler. Traditional Irish Flute Music. Catherine McEvoy (flute).
~20092#3
[OCG] Cillian Vallely and Kevin Crawford. On Common Ground. Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Ned Coleman's		OCG
Played beforeOn Albums
Fasten the Leg on Her		MMlny 2, MMR 3
A Trip to the Cottage		JsMcD
Geevagh Jig		CMcEv 3

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 jig #9 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As 4 (Treoir) in [L] Alan's private loose music.
As tune #192 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?

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
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