Fort of Kincora - 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).
~1977	13#1	[ECst] Traditional Irish Music in America. The East Coast. Sean McGlynn (accordion).
~1983	12#1	[JB 3] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion). For this tune: (accordion), with Brian Conway (fiddle).
1986	9#1	[MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle).
1989	10#1	[TripCull] Phil, John and Pip Murphy. The Trip to Cullenstown. Phil Murphy (harmonica), John Murphy (harmonica), Pip Murphy (harmonica). For this tune: (C harmonicas).
~1991	6#2	[TrsCl] Turas Cheoil. A Musical Odyssey: A compilation of music from the traditional musicians of Toronto. Joe Byrne (Eb flute), Kevin Finnegan (accordion), David Papazian (fiddle), Kieran Wade (banjo).
~1992	4#1	[CTL 3] Cherish the Ladies. The Back Door. Mary Coogan (guitar, banjo), Siobhan Egan (fiddle, bodhrán), Eileen Golden (feet), Winifred Horan (fiddle, feet), Maureen Doherty Macken [Mary Rafferty] (accordion, flute), Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Cathie Ryan (vocals), Linnane Wick (feet). For this tune: Joanie Madden (flute).
~1998	18#2	[JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion).
~2002	6#2	[PJCJC] P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan. Happy to Meet. P.J. Crotty (flute), James Cullinan (fiddle), Carol Cullinan (piano).
~2008	7#1	[BMc 2] Billy McComiskey. Outside the Box. Billy McComiskey (accordion). For this tune: with Sean McComiskey (accordion).
2012	9#3	[LMlltt 2] Larry Mallette. A Stroll in the Park. Larry Mallette (flute).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Kitty's Wedding	JRSLCB 2
Flowing Tide	TrsCl
Cronin's Rambles	PJCJC
Upside Down	LMlltt 2

Played before	On Albums
Broken Bridge Hornpipe	ECst, BMc 2
Caroline O'Neill's Hornpipe	JB 3
Dunphy's Hornpipe	MCnnlly
Cronin's Hornpipe	TripCull
Gorman's	CTL 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 #71 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
As hp #48 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #274 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
On page 117 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): 1974

Tune ID#658 (Fort of Kincora)

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Bibliography