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Tune ID#3902 (Kit O'Connor's)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Kit O'Connor'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 TP 4 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBA Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Kit O'Connor's / Kit O'Connor / Kit O'Connors / Kit O' Conners / My Love Is Fair and Handsome / Tá mo ghrá-sa go hálainn / Is Áláinn Aoibhinn Mo Ghrá / The Pride of Rockchapel (also singled, also in G) (compare distantly with 1st 2 parts of McFadden's Handsome Daughter #1252; compare 1st part with 1st parts of McFadden's Handsome Daughter #8156 and My Love Is Fair and Handsome #8161)
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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).
~19824#1
[TP 4] Tommy Peoples. The Iron Man. Tommy Peoples (fiddle).
~19984#3
[DAttic] Damp in the Attic. I Was ...... Flyin It. P.J. King (accordion), Martin Murray (fiddle, viola, mandolin), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar).
~200016#2
[BMcNmr 1] Brian McNamara. A Piper's Dream. Brian McNamara (pipes). For this tune: (D pipes).
~200712#3
[ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle).
20098#2
[JDr 6] Joe Derrane. Grove Lane. Joe Derrane (accordion).
~201013#3
[GMrphy] Gráinne Murphy. Short Stories. Gráinne Murphy (fiddle). For this tune: with Isaac Alderson (flute).
~20159#3
[AtMcGn 2] Antóin MacGabhann, with Charlie Lennon. Tunesmith. Antóin MacGabhann (fiddle).
~20168#1
[DNolan] Donie Nolan. The Banks of the Abha Bhán. Donie Nolan (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Roscommon Reel
DAttic
Torn Jacket
BMcNmr 1
Gerry Commane's
ATrgs 1
Tap the Barrel
JDr 6
Tie the Bonnet
GMrphy
Jackson's
AtMcGn 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Bonnie Kate
BMcNmr 1
Jackson's
JDr 6
Dawn
DNolan

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 reel #114 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #376 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [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): 1982