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Tune ID#632 (First House in Connaught)

Transcription of first 2 bars of First House in Connaught about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording IDM 1 (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBG Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
First House in Connaught, The / First House in Connaught / First House in Connacht / The First House in Connacht / The First House of Connaught / Céad Teach Chonnacht / The End House in Connaught / The Connachtman's Rambles (1st in set First House in Connacht on CBdts 2) (also in D or F, also 2nd part singled)
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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).
19379#2
[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band: Paddy Kelly (fiddle), Jack Mulkere (fiddle), Jimmy Drury (fiddle)?, Joe Mills (accordion).
19375#1
[OTPR] Oldtime Records. Vol. 3. Piping Rarities. Sean Dempsey (pipes).
194017#1
[TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Séamus Ennis (C# pipes).
194521#1
[IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Moate Ceilidhe Band.
19581#2
[PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina).
~195910#1
[LNCB] Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. Come to an Irish Dance Party. Willie Clancy (pipes), Martin Talty (pipes), Michael Falsey, J. C. Talty, Angela Merry (bass fiddle), Colm O'Connor (piano), Paddy Joe McMahon (accordion), Michael Sexton (accordion), Martin Malone (drums), Junior Crehan (fiddle), Christy Dixon (fiddle), Paddy Galvin (fiddle).
~19593#1
[SE 1] Seamus Ennis. The Bonny Bunch of Roses. Seamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals).
~197615#1
~197912#1
[BMu 1] Brendan Mulvihill, accompanied by Mick Moloney. The Flax in Bloom. Traditional Irish Music. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin).
~19942#2
[SJMcG] Sean and Jim McGuire. Pure Traditional Irish Fiddle Music. Brothers Together. Tribute to their Father. Sean McGuire (fiddle), Jim McGuire (fiddle).
~19969#2
[GOh] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin. Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina, whistle).
~19998#1
[CBdts 2] The Céilí Bandits. Hangin' at the Crossroads. Yvonne Casey (fiddle), Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki), Quentin Cooper (mandolin, didgeridoo). For this tune: Yvonne (fiddle).
~200111#5
[RB 2] Ronan Browne. The Wynd You Know. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute, bansuri). For this tune: (pipes).
20028#3
[Ch DOPR] The Chieftains. Down the Old Plank Road / The Nashville Sessions. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán), Matt Molloy (flute, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán, keyboards).
200225#1
[TKrny] Tommy Kearney. The Master Pipers. Volume 2. Tommy Kearney (pipes).
~20041#1
[JCnly 3] Johnny Connolly. An Mileoidean Scaoilte. Johnny Connolly (melodeon).
~200415#1
[TCllns 1] Tim Collins. Dancing on Silver. Tim Collins (concertina).
~20062.13#2
[WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Caoimhín O'Raghallaigh (F flute).
~20101#1
[BG 7] Bobby Gardiner. The High Level. Bobby Gardiner (accordion, melodeon, vocals).
~20133#1
[HB 4] Harry Bradley. The First of May. Harry Bradley (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute), with James Carty (fiddle).
~20148#2
[DOSlvn 2] Dympna O'Sullivan. Enriched. Saibhriú. Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina). For this tune: with Willie Kelly (fiddle).
~201511#1
[RBPOL 3] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The Legacy. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Ah Surely
IFM, DOSlvn 2
Five-Mile Chase
PMrphy, GOh
Merry Blacksmith
SJMcG
Toss the Feathers
RB 2
Leitrim Fancy
WFO 3
Played beforeOn Albums
Copperplate
PMrphy, SE 1, GP
Green Gates
IDM 1
Rolling in the Ryegrass
OTPR
Miss Monaghan
TnRadio
Donegal Reel
LNCB
Dairy Maid
BMu 1
Green Garters
CBdts 2
Sweeney's Favorite Reel
TCllns 1
Sally Gardens
JCnly 3
Wind that Shakes the Barley
BG 7
Ravelled Hank of Yarn
HB 4
Dunmore Lasses
RBPOL 3

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 #43 in [D&M] Arthur Warren Darley and Patrick Joseph McCall. The Darley and McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music. [available]
As tune #38 in [A] Hugh McDermott. Allan's "Irish Fiddler." [available]
As reel #96 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #31 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1914