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Tune ID#3194 (New Custom House Reel)

Transcription of first 2 bars of New Custom House 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 JC (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Mixolydian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
New Custom House Reel, The / The New Custom House / An Teach Nua Custaim / Teach Nua an Chustaim / The New Customs House / The Custom House / Paddy Kelly's / Paddy Kelly / Kelly's No. 3 / Jenny Picking Cockles (1st in set Paddy Kelly's on BrdgGap; 2nd in set Paddy Kelly's Reels on JB 4; 2nd in set Harmonic Motion on Sld 2; 3rd in set Hendon Road on ECoy 1) (also singled, also in E, also with 2nd part as intro on POB, also as slip jig on Sld 2 under title The New Spire) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Game of Love #440) (composed by Paddy Kelly in the early 1930s)
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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).
~195912#1
[POB] Paddy O'Brien. 1922-1991. Paddy O'Brien (accordion). For this tune: Dinny O'Brien (fiddle).
19731#8 (11:45)
[JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion).
19856#1
[Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion).
~19931#2
[WU] Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly, Jack Coen. Warming Up. Martin Mulhaire (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Jack Coen (flute).
199514#2
[FSOD] Hervé Cantal, Denis Kersual, Vincent Blin, John Maguire, Gérard Tauzin, J.-Ch. Lequerre. For the Sake of Old Decency. Musique de tradition irlandaise en France. Music of Irish tradition in France. Hervé Cantal (flute, whistle), Denis Kersual (pipes), Vincent Blin (melodeon), John Maguire (vocals), Gérard Tauzin (guitar), J.-Ch. Lequerre (piano). For this tune: Hervé Cantal (flute).
~19954#2
[DD HR] De Dannan. Hibernian Rhapsody. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Derek Hickey (accordion), Tommy Flemming (vocals).
~199514#2
[LkMgc] Todd Denman, Bill Dennehy. . . .Like Magic. Todd Denman (pipes, whistle), Bill Dennehy (fiddle, bouzouki). For this tune: (Bb pipes, fiddle).
199614#1
[BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute).
~19966#2
[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).
199810#1
[JKn 5] James Keane. Sweeter as the Years Roll By. James Keane (accordion).
~199812#2
[MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano).
~19992#2
[CNea 1] Colin Nea. The Pure Box. Colin Nea (accordion).
~19998#1
[Trc] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau. Tracin'. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle), (C/G concertina).
~20011#1
[JW 2] John Williams. Steam. John Williams (accordion, concertina, whistle, flute, bodhrán). For this tune: (accordion).
20027#2
[Sld 2] Slide. Harmonic Motion. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle, vocals), Daire Bracken (fiddle, strings, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals), Éamonn de Barra (flute, whistle, bodhrán, piano, harmonium, vocals). For this tune: 1st 2 times Daire Bracken (fiddle).
~20027#3
[ECoy 1] Éamonn Coyne. Through the Round Window. Éamonn Coyne (banjo, guitar, mandolin). For this tune: with Tom Morrow (fiddle).
~200717#3
[MH 5] Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill. Welcome Here Again. Martin Hayes (fiddle, viola), Dennis Cahill (guitar, mandolin, bass).
~200912#3
[SMcK] Skip McKinley. Fairy Tales. Skip McKinley (flute).
201114#1
[ChiReel] Chicago Reel. Chicago Reel. Gerry Carey (accordion), Pauline Conneely (banjo, guitar), Rose Duffy (fiddle), Devin Shepherd (fiddle), Denis O'Sullivan (vocals), Jonathan Whitall (piano).

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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 #175 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #223 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

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): 1959