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Tune ID#419 (McGlinchey's Hornpipe)

Transcription of first 2 bars of McGlinchey's Hornpipe about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording BHIW (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Hornpipe48AABBCCG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
McGlinchey's Hornpipe / Brendan McGlinchey's Hornpipe / Brendan McGlinchey's / McGlinchey's / McGlinchy's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Mhig Loingsigh / Cross the Fence / Across the Fence / Over the Broken Bridge / Reilly's (also in F) (composed by Brendan McGlinchey aka Brendan McGlinchy)
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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).
~197910#2
[BHIW] Dolores Keane & John Faulkner. Broken Hearted I'll Wander. Dolores Keane (vocals, concertina, flute ,whistle, hurdy gurdy, bodhrán), John Faulkner (vocals, guitar, hurdy gurdy, bouzouki).
~19818#1
[SWlsh 4] Séamus Walshe. Traditional Music of Ireland on Button Accordion. Séamus Walshe (accordion).
~19965#1
[SBw] Folan and Davey. Skin and Bow. Declan Folan (fiddle), Junior Davey (bodhrán).
~199812#1
[KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo).
~200213#1
[MaRaf] Mary Rafferty. Hand-Me-Downs. Mary Rafferty (accordion, concertina, flute, whistle). For this tune: (accordion).
~20032.21#1
[WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Brendan McKinney (flute).
200811#1
[RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki).
20113#2
[KRyan] Karen Ryan. The Coast Road. Karen Ryan (fiddle, banjo, whistle). For this tune: (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Home Ruler
BHIW
Plains of Boyle
KRyan
Played beforeOn Albums
Christmas Eve
SWlsh 4
Tailor's Twist
KH
Miss Galvin's
MaRaf
Blackbird
RedW
Walsh's Hornpipe
KRyan

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 #71 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As hp #45 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #91 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As hp #59 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1974