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Tune ID#4025 (West Clare Railway)

Transcription of first 2 bars of West Clare Railway about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording JCrehan (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel16ABA Dorian
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
West Clare Railway, The / West Clare Railway (composed by Martin "Junior" Crehan)
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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).
~199611#2
[MOB] Mick O' Brien. May Morning Dew. Mick O' Brien (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (B pipes), with Terry Crehan (fiddle).
~19982.6#1
[JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: (fiddle).
~20017#3
[KCrhn] Kevin Crehan. An Bhábóg sa Bhádóg. Music from West Clare. Kevin Crehan (fiddle).
20152#2
[MHorsley] Matthew Horsley. Australian Waters. Matthew Horsley (C pipes). For this tune: with Ado Barker (fiddle).
201514#1
[CplySt] Nathan Gourley and Joey Abarta. Copley Street. Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Joey Abarta (pipes).
~201718#2
[FloFahy] Florence Fahy. Tunes from the Flaggy Shore. Florence Fahy (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Farewell to Miltown Malbay
MOB
Pigeon on the Gate
KCrhn
Porthole of the Kelp
MHorsley
Torn Jacket
FloFahy
Played beforeOn Albums
Maude Miller
MOB
McGreevy's Favourite
MHorsley
Caher Rua
CplySt
Road to Ballymac
FloFahy

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 #173 in [CRE 5] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 5.
On page 22 of [JCrehan] Angela Crotty. Martin Junior Crehan. Musical Compositions and Memories. 1908-1998. [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): 1985