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Tune ID#494 (Port an Deoraí)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Port an Deoraí about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Sld 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Slip jig16ABE Minor
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Port an Deoraí / Port na Deoraí / The Exile's Jig / The Exiles Jig / Tommy Mulhair's (2nd in set The Flying Pig on Sld 1) (also in D) (compare #2328)
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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).
~199217#1
[PHt] Parson's Hat. The Better Match. Bríd Ní Chatháin (harp, vocals), Fred Johnston (guitar, vocals, mandolin), Janet Sutton (whistle), Paul Wilkins (piano accordion, whistle, keyboards, piano). For this tune: (whistles).
19992#2
[Sld 1] Slide. The Flying Pig. Aogán Lynch (concertina, whistle), Daire Bracken (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Mick Broderick (bouzouki), Éamonn de Barra (flute, piano, keyboards, whistle, vocals).
~20023#3
[Tda 1] Téada. Téada. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, vocals, whistle, piano), John Blake (flute, whistle, guitar, piano), Seán McElwain (banjo, bouzouki, vocals), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán, vocals).
~20123#2
[Rlta 1] Réalta. Open the Door for Three. Conor Lamb (pipes, whistle), Deirdre Galway (vocals, guitar, bouzouki), Aaron O'Hagan (pipes, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (F whistle), (pipes).
~20122#2
[ECottr 2] Eamonn Cotter. The Knotted Chord. Eamonn Cotter (flute). For this tune: (D flute).
~20169#3
[BCstls 1] Brenda Castles. Indeedin You Needn't Bother. Brenda Castles (concertina).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Flying Pig
Sld 1
Up in the Garret
Tda 1
Patsy Tuohey's
Rlta 1
Elizabeth Kelly's Delight
ECottr 2
Cwrw Da
BCstls 1
Played beforeOn Albums
Cucanandy
PHt
Cnocán an Teampaill
Sld 1
Yellow Stocking
Rlta 1

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 #10 in volume 2 of [LPTW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle. [available]
As tune #32 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [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): 1975