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Tune ID#635 (Newtown Bridge)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Newtown Bridge about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Tri 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):
Newtown Bridge / New Town Bridge / The Sailor's Farewell / Slán an Mháirnéalaigh / Slán an Mhairnéalaigh / The Sailor's Return / Fisherman's Farewell / Bell Harbour / The Bellharbour Reel / The Belharbour Reel / Ríl Bhéal an Chloga / The Belharbour / The Rough Road / An Bóthar Garbh / Dillon's Reel / Dillons / Ríl Uí Dhiollúin / The Doocastle / Doocastle / Mulcairn's / Mulhaire's Reel / McGuinnesse's Frolics / Reynold's Reel / Joe Cooley's Reel (for 1st figure of Caledonian Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in D) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Dappers Delight #5737 and more distantly with 1st part of Dillon's Fancy #510) (composed by Paddy O'Brien or Chris Droney or Raymond Roland)
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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).
~194910#1
~19593#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).
~19792.4#1
[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). For this tune: with Micho Russell (flute).
~19801#3
[JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion).
~198011#1
[MMlny 2] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar). For this tune: (banjo).
~19805#3
[BigSq] The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. James Keane (accordion).
~19905#1
[JWh 2] John Whelan. From the Heart. Traditional Irish Music. John Whelan (accordion).
~19901#1
[VK 1] Vinnie Kilduff. The Boys from the Blue Hill. Vinnie Kilduff (whistle, mandolin, guitar, keyboards, bass, bodhrán).
~19918#1
[Tri 1] Trian. Trian. Liz Carroll (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Daithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Billy McComiskey (accordion).
~19923#1
[PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle).
~19955#1
[KC 1] Kevin Crawford. 'D' Flute Album. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (flute).
199816#1
[JWh 6] John Whelan. Come to Dance. John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: with Jim Eagan (fiddle).
~199810#1
[JOCBM] Johnny Óg Connolly and Brian McGrath. Dreaming up the Tunes. Johnny Óg Connolly (accordion), Brian McGrath (banjo). For this tune: Brian (banjo).
~19987#2
[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~20021#1
[Fns] Feenish. Rabharta. P.J. Hernon (accordion), Marcus Hernon (flute, whistle), Don Stiffe (vocals, guitar, whistle).
~200522#1
[CmA 2] The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place. Desmond Higgins (flute).
~20058#1
[CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina).
~201114#1
[BODFam] Bríd O'Donohue and Family. Cliabhán an Dúchais. Bríd O'Donohue (flute, whistle), Seán O'Brien (flute), Eibhlís O'Brien (pipes), Deirdre O'Brien (harp), Liam O'Brien (concertina), Sinéad O'Brien (fiddle). For this tune: Bríd O'Donohue (flute), Liam (concertina).
~20229#1
[DOMr] Diarmuid Ó Meachair. Siúl na Slí. Diarmuid Ó Meachair (accordion, melodeon). For this tune: (D/D# accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Andy McGann's Reel
JKn 2, BigSq
Lad O'Beirne's
JRSLCB 2
Played beforeOn Albums
Kerry Reel
JWh 2, JWh 6
Ewe Reel
LNCB
Miss Lyon's Fancy
MMlny 2
Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland
VK 1
Golden Keyboard
Tri 1
Chattering Magpie
PMcG 1
Knotted Cord
KC 1
Boil the Breakfast Early
CmA 1
Marian's Favourite
JOCBM
Silver Spear
Fns
Dillon's Fancy
CmA 2
Drag Her around the Road
CDrny 4
Musical Priest
BODFam
Berehaven
DOMr

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 #146 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #183 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #217 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #193 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]
As reel #12 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #46 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.

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): 1949