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Tune ID#3469 (Achonry Lasses)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Achonry Lasses about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MGm (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Achonry Lasses, The / Achonry Lasses / The Aconry Lasses / The Anchonry Lasses / Gearrchailiú Achadh Conaire / The Loughs of Cavan (also doubled) (compare Jimeen Gannon's Delight #3447) (composed by Ed Reavy, although only according to book ER and later sources; note suspicious - but not impossible - chronology)
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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).
19271.7#1
[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: Tom Gannon (fiddle).
~197821#1
[JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle).
19826#1
[Plx 7] Planxty. Words and Music. Christy Moore (guitar, vocals, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (bouzouki, mandolin, vocals, harmonica), Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Donal Lunny (guitar, bouzouki, bowed psaltery, spinet, dulcimer, bodhrán, synthesizer). For this tune: Liam (pipes), with James Kelly? (fiddle).
~200810#1
[MvDnly 2] Maeve Donnelly. Flame on the Banks. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle).
~201515#1
[RBPOL 3] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The Legacy. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played beforeOn Albums
Five-Mile Chase
MGm
Mountain Lark
Plx 7
Crooked Road to Dublin
JyHenry
Beare Island Reel
MvDnly 2
Cill Beathach
RBPOL 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 tune #158 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #49 in [ER] Joseph M. Reavy (compiler). The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy. [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): 1927