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Tune ID#711 (Geoghegan's Fancy)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Geoghegan's Fancy about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording AIC1 (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):
Geoghegan's Fancy / Geoghan's Fancy / Geoghagan's / Geaghan's Favourite / Geaghan's / Geegan's Reel / Gagan's / Geehan's Favourite / Geehan's Reel / Grogan's Favorite / Grogan's Favourite / Grogan's / Grogans / Eileen O'Callaghan's Reel / Eileen O'Callaghan / Eileen O'Callaghan's / Eileen's O'Callaghan's / Paddy Canny's / Peter Carberry's / Egans Reel (also singled, also in D or F) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel #1050)
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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).
193723#1
[IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Aughrim Slopes Ceilidhe Band.
~19598#1
[AIC1] Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peadar O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty. An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway. Paddy Canny (fiddle), P.J. Hayes (fiddle). For this tune: with Peadar O'Loughlin.
~19592#1
[AIC2] Paddy Canny. Meet Paddy Canny. All-Ireland Champion - Violin. Paddy Canny (fiddle).
~196219#2
[JyHenry] Johnny Henry. One Out of the Fort. Johnny Henry (fiddle).
~19711.7#2
[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Na Fili [presumably Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tomas O Canainn (accordion), Tom Barry (whistle)].
~19712.7#2
[NaF 2] Na Filí. Farewell to Connacht. Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, accordion, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tom Barry (whistle).
~198613#2
[HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals).
~19863#2
[BigSq] The Big Squeeze. Masters of the Celtic Accordion. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes).
199110#3
[BBow 3] Buttons and Bows. Grace Notes - Nótaí Maise. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina), Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Garry O'Briain (guitar, mandocello, piano).
~199211#1
[PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). For this tune: with Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle).
19945#2
[MvC 1] Moving Cloud. Moving Cloud. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute and percussion), Carl Hession (piano).
20005#1
[MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina).
200414#3
[BstnEdge] Joe Derrane, Séamus Connolly, John McGann. The Boston Edge. Joe Derrane (accordion), Séamus Connolly (fiddle), John McGann (mandolin, guitar).
~20081#1
[MvDnly 2] Maeve Donnelly. Flame on the Banks. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle).
~20141#3
[ACrby 2] Angelina Carberry. Pluckin' Mad. Angelina Carberry (banjo, tenor guitar).
~20156#2
[CEgan] Claire Egan. Turning Tides. Claire Egan (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
High Reel
HMSP, BigSq
Dinny O'Brien's
FTIM, NaF 2
Hand Me Down the Tackle
JyHenry
Master McDermott's
BBow 3
Colonel McBain
MvC 1
McFarley's
BstnEdge
Golden Keyboard
ACrby 2
Follow Me Down to Carlow
CEgan
Played beforeOn Albums
Galway Rambler
IDM 2, AIC2, AIC1
Thady Casey's Fancy
PMcG 1
Sailor on the Rock
MvC 1
McDonagh's
MOR 1
St. Ruth's Bush
MvDnly 2
Corney Is Coming
CEgan

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 68 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
As tune #15 in volume 1 of [B&S] D[avid] Bulmer and N[eil] Sharpley. Music from Ireland. 4 vols.
As reel #112 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #56 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #17 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #237 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): 1937