The Woods Of Old Limerick

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 18th 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 63 tunebooks.

Also known as Coillte Shean Luimnigh, Woods Of Limerick, The Woods Of Limerick, Woods Of Old Limerick.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Between The Showers by Grainne Hambly
• Cavan's Lilter by Séamus Fay
• Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
• Foxglove by Moving Cloud
• Inside Out by Mícheál O' Raghallaigh
• Irish Times by Patrick Street
• Like A Wild Thing by C�ide
• Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
• Marie And Martin Reilly by Marie And Martin Reilly
• Miles From Dublin by Dan Carollo
• Musical Delights From Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1998
• Partners In Crime by Ross Ainslie And Jarlath Henderson
• Piping Hot by Various Artists
• Seanchairde by Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond, Dáithí Sproule
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The New Road by Charlie Piggot And Gerry Harrington

X: 1
T: Woods Of Old Limerick, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
B2 G ABc | dgg fdc | B2 G ABc | ADD ABc |
B2 G ABc | dgg fdc | B2 G ABc |1 AGF G2 A :|2 AGF Gga ||
bgf gag | fd^c dga | bgf gab | c'af g2 a |
bag afd | gag fdc | B2 G ABc |1 AGF Gga :|2 AGF G3 ||

The Woods Of Old Limerick

I associate this fine jig with the playing of Declan Masterson, who recorded it with “Patrick Street”.
It is sometimes played in the key of “D”.

# Posted on November 18th 2004 by Kenny

The Woods of Old Limerick

Thanks for posting this interesting jig. I first heard it at a session played by the Mulcahy sisters of Co. Limerick. It's now one of my favourite tunes and lends itself well to the concertina.

# Posted on November 18th 2004 by murfbox

Whistle teachers take note, this looks like a good tune for students who need work on their high c.

# Posted on November 20th 2004 by Jon Kiparsky

A nice version of this tune is found on track 9 of Liam Bradley's cd "100% Pure Irish Dance - The Show"

# Posted on October 11th 2008 by Reeds Munson

"The Woods Of Old Limerick" ~ a take in F from discussions

Discussion: heavy jig ID help?
~ /discussions/display/21716
# Posted on June 1st 2009 by Tedrick

X: 2
T: Woods Of Old Limerick, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Fmaj
|: G |\
AFF GAB | cff ecB | AFF GAB | GCC GAB |
AFF GAB | cff ecB | AFF GAB | GFE F2 :|
|: f/g/ |\
aff fgf | ecc cfg | aff fga | bge ffg |
agf gfe | fgf ecB | AFF GAB | GFE F2 :|

# Posted on June 1st 2009 by Tedrick

Some minor changes made to the transcription which had the lead-ins so:

G |: ~ | GFE G3 :|
fg |: ~ | GFE G3 :|

# Posted on June 1st 2009 by ceolachan

The F version is nice...

Does it get played in that key with any frequency?

# Posted on June 2nd 2009 by muspc

The Woods Of Old Limerick

The second tune here by Patrick Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PUFXVgsNZ4

# Posted on October 11th 2009 by bogman

I heard it played in F at Shortt's in Feakle a couple of weeks ago (Seamus Bugler & Ged Foley).

# Posted on January 19th 2010 by GaryAMartin

Name of the second tune?

On the Bradley Brothers CD, they play Woods of Old Limerick with another lovely tune, but don't name the other tune on the CD. Does anyone know what it's called?

# Posted on June 25th 2010 by Merry Mary

Some E flats

I've marked four E flats where I sometimes like to play them on the Tedrick/ceolachan version.

X: 2.1
T: Woods Of Old Limerick, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Fmaj
|: G |\
AFF GAB | cff _ecB | AFF GAB | GCC GAB |
AFF GAB | cff _ecB | AFF GAB | GFE F2 :|
|: f/g/ |\
aff fgf | _ecc cfg | aff fga | bge ffg |
agf gfe | fgf _ecB | AFF GAB | GFE F2 :|

# Posted on June 25th 2010 by muspc

No surprise, I like that...

# Posted on July 8th 2011 by ceolachan

Really?

I thought you were too sharp to like flats...

Do you suppose I should have called them E-punctures?

# Posted on July 9th 2011 by muspc