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Tune ID#639 (Flags of Dublin)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Flags of Dublin about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording SE 3 (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):
Flags of Dublin, The / Flags of Dublin / The Miller's Maid / Cailín an Mhuilleora / The Market House (as untitled tune in arrangement of Cindy on Ch DOPR) (also singled, or only 2nd part doubled)
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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).
~19745#1
[SE 3] Séamus Ennis. The Wandering Minstrel. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes).
~197412#1
~19781.5#1
[FlgDub] Paddy Glackin, Mick Gavin, Michael O'Brien. The Flags of Dublin. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Mick Gavin (flute), Michael O'Brien [known later as:] Mick O'Brien (pipes). For this tune: Michael (pipes).
~19973#3
[NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes).
20025#2 (1:37)
[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).
~20038#2
[TapRT] The Tap Room Trio. The Tap Room Trio. Harry Bradley (flute, piccolo), Jesse Smith (fiddle), John Blake (guitar, piano, flute).
~201115#2
[PO 4] Paddy O'Brien. Mixing the Punch. Paddy O'Brien (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Sailor on the Rock
NMllgn 2
Ladies of Leinster
TapRT
Imelda Roland's
PO 4
Played beforeOn Albums
Wind that Shakes the Barley
SE 3, GP
Dublin Reel
FlgDub
Dónal a' Phumpa
TapRT
Sporting Paddy
PO 4

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 #198 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
As reel #67 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As reel #209 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): 1969