Last House in Ballymakea - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Hornpipe	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).
~1979	1.6#1	[JCrehan] Junior Crehan. The Last House in Ballymakea. Junior Crehan (fiddle, vocals, concertina). For this tune: (concertina).
~2001	9#1	[KCrhn] Kevin Crehan. An Bhábóg sa Bhádóg. Music from West Clare. Kevin Crehan (fiddle).
~2014	6#1	[DOSlvn 2] Dympna O'Sullivan. Enriched. Saibhriú. Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina). For this tune: (C#/G# concertina).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played before	On Albums
May Bán	KCrhn
Her Lovely Hair Was Flowing Down Her Back	DOSlvn 2

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.
On page 31 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): 1979

Tune ID#5748 (Last House in Ballymakea)

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Discography

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Bibliography