Dillon's Fancy - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

Discography

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).
1950	16#1	[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. The Tulla Céilí Band.
~1974	A.7#1	[McGrCool] McGreevy and Cooley. McGreevy and Cooley. John McGreevy (fiddle), Seamus Cooley (flute).
1986	16#1	[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
1991	11#4	[BF] Bards of a Feather. Homeward Way. Josh Culley (harp, whistle, flute, pipes, Highland pipes, accordion, recorder, guitar, bouzouki, bodhrán, Scottish snare, vocals), Susanna Perry (fiddle, vocals, recorder), Barry Gilmore (guitar, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, vocals, bodhrán), David Heiser (guitar, vocals, concertina, bodhrán). For this tune: (fiddle).
~1993	12#3	[JKn 3] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion).
~1995	7#1	[KC 1] Kevin Crawford. 'D' Flute Album. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (flute).
~1996	6#1	[ST ES] Seamus Tansey. Easter Snow. Seamus Tansey (flute).
~1996	3#1	[JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano).
~1997	4#1	[GL1] The Dance Music of Ireland. Jigs and Reels. Kevin Crawford (flute).
1998	7#3	[JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion).
~1999	6#1	[CNea 1] Colin Nea. The Pure Box. Colin Nea (accordion). For this tune: with Joe Finn (pipes), Aidan McMahon (fiddle).
~2002	5#1	[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).
~2005	22#2	[CmA 2] The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place. Desmond Higgins (flute).
~2012	9#1	[RBysFam] Randal Bays and Family. A Rake of Tunes. Randal Bays (fiddle), Susan Waters (fiddle), Willie Bays (flute), Owen Bays (concertina). For this tune: Willie (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Farewell to Ireland	JKn 3, JKn 6
Paddy Ryan's Dream	BF
Bell Harbour	CmA 2

Played before	On Albums
Bird in the Bush	TnRadio, McGrCool
Dream of Home	KC 1, GL1
Jenny Picking Cockles	MCnnlly
Bag of Spuds	ST ES
Toss the Feathers	JB 4
Dinny O'Brien's	CNea 1
King of the Clans	JFtg
Drunken Tinker	RBysFam

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 #1272 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #540 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #85 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As reel #180 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #307 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As reel #370 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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): 1903

Tune ID#510 (Dillon's Fancy)

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Bibliography