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Paddy Murphy's Wife

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as Charlie Mulvihill's, Muckross Abbey, Mulvihill's, Ríl Uí Mhurchú.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
Capel Street by James Kelly
Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
Crossing by Any Old Time
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
General Humbert 2 by General Humbert
Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
Irish Folk The Collection Vol.2 by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
Millhouse Measures by The Raw Bar Collective
Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
On The Fly by Patrick Street
On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
The Long Hard Road by Tom McElvogue And Paddy Kerr
The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
The Open Road by Steph Geremia
The Singing Kettle by Chulrua
The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong
Tripswitch by John McSherry And Dónal O'Connor
Upon My Soul by James Carty

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Paddy Murphy's Wife

Surprised that this fairly well-known reel hasn't already been posted. First heard on Moloney & Potts' "Tin Whistles" LP. Also recorded by a very young Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Mooney on a record by Belfast singer Albert Fry. There is a different reel of the same name in O'Neill's, which Matt Molloy has recorded. A lovely, melodic reel, I think - a perfect flute tune.

# Posted on December 25th 2003 by Kenny

Murphy's and Charlie Mulvihill's Reel

This tune is in one of the Brendan Breathnach volumes as Murphy's. I learned it from Brendan Mulvihill as Charlie Mulvihill's. There is a great version of it on The Kerry Fiddles with Denis Murphy, Padraig O'Keefe and Julia Clifford. (The cd track list reverses the names - Mulvihill's is first then Muckross Abbey)

# Posted on February 27th 2004 by ving

I also know of a recording by Joanie Madden; I have it on a CD titled Celtic Twilight Volume 5, where it's performed as flute accompanied by drums. It does make quite a nice flute tune.

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by Vil-hatarn

Mulvihill's

I've heard it put after Master McDermott's. Aggie Whyte and Peader O'Lochlain played that set on their famous EP. Jack Coen always played those two together.

# Posted on April 10th 2008 by mimcgann

Mulvihill's

This tune is listed as "O'Brien's" in volume 1 of Bulmer and Sharply's collection. It occurs just before John Brennan's. We play these two tunes, in that order, as a set at the Houston sessions.

# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by mallette

Muckross Abbey vs. Charlie Mulvihill's vs. Paddy Murphy's Wife

The story behind alternative titles:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CHA_CHENY.htm#CHARLIE_MULVIHILL%27S_(REEL)_[1]
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PAA_PAP.htm#PADDY_MURPHY%27S_WIFE_[2]

"Speed the Plough" is also referred to as "Charlie Mulvihill's" on Johnny Leary's "Music for the Set", but Johnny reportedly didn't agree with Denis Murphy's choice of the title for the 1st tune recorded on "Kerry Fiddles". Why didn't Charlie come up with any title for the tune, really? I prefer the 'invented' 'Muckross Abbey' to avoid confusion, keeping the composer in mind ;-)

# Posted on March 19th 2011 by Bregolas