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Tune ID#3988 (Highest Hill in Sligo)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Highest Hill in Sligo about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SCnly 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Highest Hill in Sligo, The / Highest Hill in Sligo (2nd in set Reavey's on SWlsh 3; 1st in set The Highest Hill on Dnu 5; originally mislabeled on ECrn 1 as Knocknagow) (composed by Ed Reavy)
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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).
19864#1
[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
~19881#1
[SCnly 1] Séamus Connolly. Notes from My Mind. Séamus Connolly (fiddle).
~199611#2
[SWlsh 3] Seamus Walshe. Clare Accordion. Seamus Walshe (accordion).
~19996#2
[NCrg 1] North Cregg. . . . And They Danced All Night. Christy Leahy (accordion), Caoimhin Vallely (fiddle, keyboards), Ciarán Coughlan (piano, keyboards), John Neville (vocals, guitar), Martin Leahy (snare drum, percussion).
200010#1
[MnMcG] Manus McGuire. Saffron and Blue. Manus McGuire (fiddle). For this tune: with Seamus McGuire (fiddle).
200111#1
[KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). For this tune: Catherine (flute).
~20026#1
[EON] Eoin O'Neill. In Session. Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki, fiddle). For this tune: Tara Connaghan (fiddle), Eoin (fiddle).
~200311#1
[PDuffy] Philip Duffy. Killin' Clocks. Philip Duffy (fiddle).
20041#1
[Dnu 5] Danú. When All Is Said and Done. Donal Clancy (guitar, electric bass), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Tom Doorley (flute, whistle, vocals), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, fiddle), Oisin McAuley (fiddle, vocals), Benny McCarthy (accordion), Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (vocals, whistle, flute).
~200413#1
[DF] The Dunne Family. Legacy. Mickey Dunne (pipes, fiddle, whistle), Niamh Dunne (fiddle, vocals, viola), Brid Dunne (fiddle). For this tune: Mickey (pipes).
20066#2
[MOR 2] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Inside Out. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
~20119#1
[JCtBRn] John Carty and Brian Rooney. At Complete Ease. John Carty (fiddle, tenor guitar), Brian Rooney (fiddle).
~201411#3
~20151#3
[JPmpls] Jayne Pomplas. Jayne Pomplas. Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle. Jayne Pomplas (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Fisherman's Island
SWlsh 3
House of Hamill
NCrg 1
Colonel Fraser
MOR 2
Mullingar Lea
ECrn 1
Captain Tom Connolly's
JPmpls
Played beforeOn Albums
Touch Me If You Dare
MCnnlly
O'Rourke's
SCnly 1
Millbrae
NCrg 1
Saffron and Blue
MnMcG
Mama's Pet
KlmFcy
Kilcoon
PDuffy
Garrison Road
Dnu 5
Rookery
MOR 2
Palmer's Gate
JCtBRn

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 #23 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): 1986