Port An Dreoilin

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 31st 2006 by Nfg.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as Port An Dreóilin, Port And Bhand, The Wren's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Drimalost And Beyond CD2 by Danny Meehan
• Home Fire by Ron Kavana
• Show The Lady: Music For The Sets Volume 5 by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (2/2) by Geraldine Cotter

X: 1
T: Port An Dreoilin
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
dAd cBc|BAF AFD | dDd cBc|BAF E3 |
dfd cec|BAF ABd | D2F AFD|EFE D3 :|
DEF ABc|BAF AFE | DEF ABc|BAF E2A, |
DEF ABc|BAF ABd | D2F AFD|EFE D3:|

This tune is on the Chieftains Bells of Dublin CD. Does anyone know the meaning of the title?

# Posted on December 31st 2006 by Nfg

Port used to mean a type of harp tune. I suspect it may have become less specific over the years. The below paragraph comes from http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/music/about2.htm

A class of tune strongly associated with "Rory Dall" is the "port". Although the word originally meant "a tune", it came by the 17th century to refer to a specific type of harp tune. They are characterised by a number of features, most notably a rather vague overall melody, a formalised rising introduction which may be the remnants of a tuning prelude, and division into two unequal sections.

# Posted on May 11th 2007 by telyn

Duplication

But for some slight variations in the opening and end this is the same as 'Port an Bhand', found here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3353

# Posted on April 18th 2008 by dubhghaill

Meaning of title

"Port" can mean simply "tune" in Irish or, more specifically, "jig," while "An Dreoilin" means "the wren." So I think the most straightforward translation of the title would be "The Wren's Jig."

# Posted on January 4th 2010 by Sugar N Friends