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Dunphy's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 15th 2003 by LH.

This tune has been added to 81 tunebooks.

Also known as Dumphy's, Dunphy’s.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
An Bodhran: The Irish Drum by Colm Murphy
An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty
Archives #1 by Jean Carignan And Gilles Losier
Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
Cé by Cé
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
Darby's Farewell by Josie McDermott
Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
Easter Snow by Seamus Tansey
Empty Pockets by Skip Healy
First Through The Gate by Brian Conway
Folk Dance Music Of Ireland by Johnny Powell And His Band
Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
From Ballymote To Brooklyn by Paddy Killoran and James Morrison
Hills Of Clare by Joe Fitzgerald
Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Irish Dance Time by Jackie Roche And His Irish Dance Band
Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
Leo Rowsome: Classics Of Irish Piping by Leo Rowsome
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Memories Of Ireland by Matt Cunningham
Mike MacDougall's Tape For Father Hector by Mike MacDougall
My Love Is In America by Various Artists
Paddy Keenan by Paddy Keenan
Sean Reid's Favourite by Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
Step This Way by David Lindquist
Sweetwood by Liam Kelly
The Galway Rambler by John G. Walsh
The Gentlemen Pipers by Various Artists
The Lark In The Clear Air by Various Artists
The Music Of Kevin Keegan by Kevin Keegan
The Night Of The Fair: Traditional Irish Music From Sliabh Luachra by Dan Herlihy And Friends
The Schoolmaster's House by Mike McHale
The Three Sisters by Barry Kerr
The Wandering Minstrel by Seamus Ennis
Tobar An Dúchais by Brid O'Donohue
Tobar An Dúchais: Solo Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Music From County Clare by Bríd O'Donohue
Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (2/2) by Geraldine Cotter
Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 2 by Sean Ryan And Peter Carberry
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists

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Dunphy's

I have this tune from flute player/piper Mike Rafferty and box player Mike Berry. Andy Kuntz has this: "Dunphy was a piper and one of Captain Francis O'Neill's sources, and O'Neill named this nameless tune after him. Although Dunphy contributed the melody it was known to another of O'Neill's sources, Father Fielding, had heard his mother lilting it, indicating some circulation in County Kilkenny." Its a piping tune and was recorded by Paddy Keenan and Jimmy O'Brien-Moran.

# Posted on September 15th 2003 by LH

C Sharps?

I learned this tune from Majella Bartley when she was working on her Masters in Irish Trad Performance at the University of Limerick. This version is almost the same as hers except that the only C sharps she plays are the ones in bars 3 and 4 of the B part. It sounds really different to put the others in, but cool nonetheless. I've tried alternating between C sharps and C naturals in different rounds of the tune as a variation, and it sounds pretty neat. Of course, that doesn't work so well when playing with others unless it is planned in advance though, or you get some pretty weird dissonance!

# Posted on August 7th 2006 by fiddlechick13

Dunphy's (Hornpipe)

This is the first of two hornpipes (the second being "The Liverpool") on track 27 of Volume 12 of Matt Cunningham's CD series "Dance Music of Ireland".

# Posted on May 7th 2007 by lazyhound

Dunphy's

It also appears on SEADNA's Set Dances of Ireland vol.5 - but their version is a bit different, more like what Henrik Norbeck transcribed from Paddy Keenan (see Henrik Norbeck's site for the ABC).

# Posted on September 12th 2007 by sixholes

Dunphy's

A very different version from NS piper Joe Hutton:

# Posted on August 22nd 2008 by Dow

Sorry I made some errors in bar 7 of the A-part and 6 of the B-part. Here's a corrected transcription:

# Posted on August 22nd 2008 by Dow