Loch Gamhna

hornpipe

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on August 31st 2003 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as The Humours Of Tuaimgreine, Julia Clifford's, Loch Leven Castle, Lochleven Castle, Lough Gowna, Silver Street Lasses, Tom Greany's Castle, Tomgraney Castle, Toomgraney Castle, Tuamgrainey Castle, Tuamgraney, Tuamgraney Castle, Tuamigrainey Castle.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Flying Start by Paul Moran And Fergal Scahill
• Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
• Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• Fiddle Tunes by Dougie MacDonald
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
• Gaelic Roots by Various Artists
• Heart And Home by Lucy Farr
• Irish Fiddle Solos by Pete Cooper
• Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
• Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
• On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
• Rabharta by Feenish
• Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
• Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
• Steam by John Williams
• Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
• Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
• The Crooked Rose by Stockton's Wing
• The Humours Of Lisheen by John And Julia Clifford
• The Piper's Call by Liam O'Flynn
• The Ring Sessions by James Kelly
• The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
• The Ulster Outcry by Ar Leitheidi
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Tiomnacht / Handed On by Eoin O Riabhaigh
• Volume 3: The Rhythm Chapter by Fiddlers 3
• WhY2Keilidh by Howie MacDonald

X: 1
T: Loch Gamhna
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Ador
(3BcB|A2AB AGEG|AGAB cBcd|(3efg fa gedc|B2G2 G2 (3BcB|
A2AB AGEG|AGAB cBcd|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2:||
(3efg|a2ab ageg|agab a2ge|dega gedc|B2G2 GBcB|
A2AB AGEG|AGAB cBcd|(3efg fa gedB|c2A2 A2:||

Loch Gamhna

Learnt this tune at the Clonmel Scoil Éigse 2003.
Trevor

# Posted on August 31st 2003 by lazyhound

Eigse

Nice tune Trevor. You have picked up some gems during your visit to Clonmel. Keep 'em coming. We want the full list.
I have heard this tune in the past under the name Tom Greany's Castle.
FIDDLECASE

# Posted on September 1st 2003 by fiddlecase

Loch Gamhna

Fiddlecase, I am indeed preparing a list of the tunes I was taught (not necessarily learned!) at Clonmel, and one or two others I came across, and I'll post the list on my Clonmel thread. Some have already been posted on the tune database and there are more to follow. With two of them, though, I shall first have to transcribe the tutor's play-through because he departs quite a bit from the printed versions (he's a Mayo man, after all!), and this will take a little time.
Trevor

# Posted on September 1st 2003 by lazyhound

Loch Gamhna

For the benefit of those who do not know the pronunciation of Irish, "Gamhna" is pronounced more or less as "Gowna" - the anglicised form of the word.
Trevor

# Posted on September 1st 2003 by lazyhound

Loch Gamhna

This hornpipe, under the title of "Tuamgraney Castle", was popular in California in the very early seventies when I was first learning Irish tunes.

# Posted on September 2nd 2003 by radriano

Loch Gamhna

I found another version of this hornpipe, titled Silver Street Lasses, in the James Moore manuscripts, Tyneside, 1841.

# Posted on October 17th 2003 by radriano

I think this was originally a Scottish reel with the title of Loch Leven Castle.

# Posted on May 30th 2005 by Dow

Loch Gamhna

I know it as Loch Leven Castle, too. I have it in Kerr's Caledonian, and Marr & Co's Royal Collection of Highland Airs, Quicksteps, etc, neither of which is dated, but I think early last century. 19xx something.

# Posted on May 30th 2005 by cj

goes down well in mixolydian too

# Posted on June 4th 2007 by birlibirdie

Classical guitarist David Russell recorded this tune on his "Message of the Sea" CD, a collection of Celtic music, under the title "Loch Leven Castle". He noted that the Loch Leven Castle is on a small island near Kinross, and was the scene of many battles between the English and the Scots from 1290 onward. He states that Mary Queen of Scots was held theree in 1567, and escaped in 1568.

# Posted on July 11th 2007 by ceciltguitar

Go here for a mixolydian version http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2459

# Posted on September 13th 2007 by Dow