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The Haunted House

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on October 31st 2002 by glauber.

This tune has been added to 115 tunebooks.

Also known as Drumshanbo, Haunted House, Maguire's, Old Leitrim, The Old Leitrim.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Few Tunes by John Skelton
A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
Barking Mad by Four Men And A Dog
Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
Celtic Reign by Celtic Reign
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
I Will If I Can by John Carty
If Ida Been Here, Ida Been There by Craobh Rua
In Session by BoneZone
It's No Secret by Hammy Hamilton, Seamus Creagh, Con O Drisceoil
Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
Memoire Celte by Broken String
Na Draiodoiri by Na Draiodoiri
Portraid by Sean Maguire
Rabharta by Feenish
The High Notes by The High Notes
The Lonely Stranded Band by Charlie Piggott, Miriam Collins And Joe Corcoran
The Mason's Apron by Sully
The Turoe Stone by Vincent Broderick
They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
Traditional Flute Music In The Sligo-Roscommon Style by Catherine McEvoy With Felix Dolan
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by Vincent Griffin
Twos And Threes by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists

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Will the real Drumshanbo please stand up?

This is the tune we call Drumshanbo in the session i go to:
http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display.php/9
not the other Drumshanbo we have here (Eddie Kelly's).

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by glauber

Drumshanbo Jig

This tune is one of Galway flute player Vincent Broderick's compositions and was originally titled "The Haunted House".

# Posted on November 4th 2002 by Bannerman

Haunted House

Thank you, Bannerman; as confirmation, i was able to find this tune under the name Haunted House, in J.C.'s Tune Finder.

# Posted on November 4th 2002 by glauber

Funky version

This is the way I'm used to hearing it, it's really nice. Give it a try...

try this for a set...

Old Leitrim (this)/The Setting Sun/Old Apples in Winter/.

I'll be posting /Old apples in Winter/ very soon. 'Tis a corker!

# Posted on January 5th 2005 by Gael Force

"Traditional Irish Flute Solos: The Turoe Stone Collection"

by Vincent Broderick

"A unique collection of 68 jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, slides, slip jigs, barn dances, marches and airs - all composed by the renowned Galway flute player."

Waltons Music, Inc., 1990
ISBN: 1-85720-061-6

Page 30 ~ "The Haunted House"

Some of the tunes ascribed to Vincent may have actually been the work of his brother Peter, but Vincent was the better known and the one most travelled... This might be one. There is a tale behind it, what I can remember of it as told to me by both men I'll try to recount. I claim no gifts here ~

Young lads, Vincent & Peter were out on the bicycle one late night, returning from playing out, when they heard music. Naturally they came to a stop. They were attracted to the sound and searched for it, coming to a large house all lit up and folks could be seen dancing through the windows, all gussied up and in their finery. The two of them paused for awhile to listen and watch the goings on, but they were tired and eventually made their way home. The next day, curious, and not remembering such a place on the way before, a road well travelled by them, they returned. All they could find were ruins, a grand house long gone to ruin.

This tune came on them, so really, there's almost no claim to it except by those ghosts...

Both men were wonderful characters, always generous with their time and music, and blessed with other talents and fine families too.

# Posted on November 26th 2005 by ceolachan

I can't imagine Vincent not crediting his brother if it were the case. I am unfamiliar with who exactly put the collection together. I do know that both brothers were present in the experience and tale of the haunted house and the making of the tune...both wonderful characters I was lucky to meet and share time and tunes with...

# Posted on April 10th 2008 by ceolachan

I tend to play some differences into this tune, in particular the first measure ~

D | G^FG A^GA | ~

Also, I play the ^F in G^FG somewhere between the ^F and the G, a little sharper than the accepted tempered norm... My take on it is closer to that given by Gael Force here in the comments, except for that first measure difference...

# Posted on April 10th 2008 by ceolachan