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Tune ID#537 (Dowd's No. 9)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Dowd's No. 9 about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording HG (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):
Dowd's No. 9 / Dowd's #9 / Dowd's Number Nine / O'Dowd's No. 9 / O'Dowd's #9 / A Naoi Ó Dubhda / Uimh. 9 Uí Dhubhda / Ríl Uí Dhúdha Uimh. 9 / O'Dowd's / An Samhradh in Éirinn / Summer in Ireland / Jackson's #9 / Hugh Gillespie's (3rd in set The Dusty Miller on Ch W; mislabeled as The Old High Reel on JWh 6; 3rd in set Pinch of Snuff on AcrPond; as postlude in set The Best Years of My Life on TDeM) (also 1st or both parts singled; also in C)
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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).
193916#1
[HG] Hugh Gillespie. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).
193922#1
[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Hugh Gillespie (fiddle).
~19629#1
[JC] Joe Cooley. Cooley. Joe Cooley (accordion). For this tune: with Seamus Cooley (flute).
~19652.17#2
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~197812#1
[LC 1] Liz Carroll. A Friend Indeed. Liz Carroll (fiddle).
~198514#1
[CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle).
19862#2
[TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion).
~19861#1
[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).
~19966#3
[JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle).
~199610#2
[ST ES] Seamus Tansey. Easter Snow. Seamus Tansey (flute).
19987#3
[JWh 6] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Jim Eagan (fiddle).
19995#1 (0:43)
[MH 4] Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill. Live in Seattle. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar).
20005#3
[Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute).
~20007#1
[JLavelle] John Lavelle. @Home Alone. John Lavelle (accordion).
~200211#3
[AcrPond] Across the Pond. Across the Pond. Kevin Griffin (banjo), Roger Burridge (fiddle), Michael Shorrock (bouzouki), Quentin Cooper (mandolin, guitar, bass). For this tune: Kevin (banjo), with Jimmy Noonan (flute).
~20023#2
[BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).
~20022.3#1
[MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums).
~20049#1
[JCnly 3] Johnny Connolly. An Mileoidean Scaoilte. Johnny Connolly (melodeon).
~20087#2 (3:02)
[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).
~20088#1
[OCHrn 1] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar).
~20088#1
[FScahl 1] Fergal Scahill. The Dusty Bridge. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán).
20134#1
[MMcHugh] Martin McHugh. The Master's Choice. Martin McHugh (accordion).

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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 #165 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #16 in volume 4 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
On page 23 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As reel #66 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
On page 75 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [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): 1939