The Walls Of Liscarrol

jig

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on August 11th 2001 by Jdharv.

This tune has been added to 296 tunebooks.

Also known as Andy Hehir's, Ballaí Lios Cearbhaill, Fallaí Luimní, The Lads On The Mountain, The Walls Of Liscaroll, Walls Of Liscarrol, Walls Of Liscarroll, The Walls Of Liscarroll.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
• As I Carelessly Did Stray... by Harry Bradley
• Avakatoo by Dirty Linen
• Beyond The Borders by Brandon Vance, Mark Minkler
• But Why, Johnny? by John Halloran
• Celtic Road by Sláinte
• Ceol As Sliabh Luachra by Julia Clifford And Billy Clifford
• Concertina Music From West Clare by Elizabeth Crotty
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 3 CD Version by Matt Cunningham
• Deborah Quigley With Martin Gould by Deborah Quigley
• Dual by Dual
• Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Frankie Goes To Town by Frankie Gavin
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Irish Fiddle Player by Jimmy Power
• Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
• Light Through The Leaves by Various Artists
• Midnight On The Water by The Kings River Band
• Misneach by Misneach
• Our Musical Heritage Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Our Musical Heritage Disc 3 by Various Artists
• Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
• Shame The Devil by Turlach Boylan
• Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
• Suburban Ethnia by Chanter
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Cobblestone Sessions by Various Artists
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Irish Experience by The Irish Experience
• The Limestone Rock by Micho Russell
• The New Road by Charlie Piggot And Gerry Harrington
• The Ragged Rogues by The Ragged Rogues
• The Session by Na Connerys
• The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Various Artists
• The Trip Over The Mountain by Michael Queally And Cyril O'Donoghue
• The Very Best Of The Claddagh Years by The Chieftains
• The Wandering Minstrel by Seamus Ennis
• The Whirlwind by Paddy Glackin And Robbie Hannan
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
• Up Against The Flatirons by Eliot Grasso
• Up In The Air by Danu
• Wake by Finnegan's AWake
• Whenever by Munnelly Flaherty Masure
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Walls Of Liscarrol, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE | GAB cde |
dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE | GED D3:|
|!dcA ecA | dcA ecA | GEE cBc | GAB cde |
dcA ecA | dcA ecA | GEE cEE |GED D3 |
|!dcA ecA | dcA ecA | GEE cBc | GAB cde
dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE |GED D3 |

Harry Bradley's Version

Yes, the Walls of Liscarroll is a lovely jig and I've been enjoying playing the standard Edor version of it. But I couldn't resist learning Harry Bradley's unusual setting. It goes like this:

K: Edor
f|edB BAF|ABA FAB|AFA dAF|ABc d2f|
edB BAF|ABA FAB|AFA dAF|EFE E2:|
z|ede fdB|dBA FAB|ABd efg|fed e2f|
gfe fed|edB d2B|AFA dAF|EFE E2:|

It's an amazingly tasty version, which I couldn't stop playing this afternoon. I don't know how about on other instruments, but it's great fun to play on flute and whistle.

I'm not 100% sure of my transcription, but I believe it's almost correct. Listen to his playing of the tune by yourself though this page: http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/product.asp?pID=79&cID=15

# Posted on April 21st 2004 by slainte

Harry Bradley's version

He rang me about 3 years ago at around 7 pm to chat (3 am his time I think) because he had some kind of temporary amazing phone deal. He talked a bit about this tune and said he had just found a version he really liked in the Roche Collection that was different from the common one. I'm assuming that's the setting he then recorded.

# Posted on April 21st 2004 by Phantom Button

Yeah, he wrote his version is based on the one found in Roche Collection. I don't have any tune collection, but does the collection include somewhat unusual versions of the tunes? I'm just curious.

# Posted on April 22nd 2004 by slainte

Variation

I like to play the last phrase of each part as:

EDD D3

And I tend to hold those high d notes at the beginning of the second part:

d2d ecA

I think this is pretty much how it's played on the album The Session by Na Connerys.

K: Dmix
dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE | GAB cde |
dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE | EDD D3:|
d2d ecA | d2d ecA | GEE c2c | GAB cde |
[1d2d ecA | d2d ecA | GEE cEE |EDD D3:|
[2dcA AGE | GED D2E | GEE cEE |EDD D3||

# Posted on May 4th 2004 by Jeremy

http://www.n-ireland.co.uk/genealogy/placenames/placenamesl.htm
gives the etymology of Liscaroll as 'Cearbhall's ring-fort'
The name (Cerball) sounds a bit like Carolus (Charles) but probably comes from the Gaelic cearbh: "hacking with a weapon".

It is situated in Co.Cork

# Posted on June 7th 2007 by birlibirdie

i play it in e mixolydian, a version from the armagh piper's club, tin whistle book 2:

K: Edor
e|edB BAF|AFE E2F|AFF dFF|ABc def|
edB BAF|AFE E2F|AFF DFF|FED E2:|
e|eBe fdB|eBe fdB|AFF dFF|ABc def|
[1 gfe fed|edB d2B|AFA dAF|EFE E2:|
[2 edB BaF|AFE E2F|AFF DFF|FED E2||

# Posted on July 11th 2008 by daiv

Double-stopping in the B part

I tend to hold the first high D in the b part , and double-stop with the D string. Sounds quite exciting

# Posted on August 19th 2009 by Star_Of_Munster

Slightly Different

X: 1
T: Walls Of Liscarrol, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmix
|:d|dcA AGE | GEE D2E | GEE cEE | GAB cde |
dcA AGE | GEE D2E | GEE cEE | d3 D2:||
|:dB/c/d ecA | dB/c/d ecA | GEE cEE | GAB cde |
dB/c/d ecA | dB/c/d ecA | GEE cEE |D3 D3 |
|:dB/c/d ecA | dB/c/d ecA | GEE cEE | GAB cde
dcA AGE | GEE D2E | GEE cEE |D3 D3 |

# Posted on September 7th 2009 by JACKB