Caisleán An Oir

hornpipe

Key signature: Gdorian

Submitted on November 19th 2003 by heike.

This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.

Also known as Bobby Casey's, Caislean An Oir, Caisleán Na NÓr, Castle Of Gold, Golden Castle, The Golden Castle.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
• A Thousand Farewells by Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule
• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Aris by Le Cheile
• Castle Ceili Band by Castle Ceili Band
• Caught In The Moment by The Island Girls
• Ceilidh House Sessions by Various Artists
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Ceol An Clair by Various Artists
• Contentment Is Wealth by Matt Molloy And Sean Keane
• Drops Of Spring Water by Comhaltas Concert Tour 2004
• Elftones by The Elftones
• Empty Pockets by Skip Healy
• Fair Play by Patrick Ball
• Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
• If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
• In Season by Wild Asparagus
• In Your Ear by Seamus Egan
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
• Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
• Live At Martyrs' by Gan Bua
• Live In Belfast by Paul Bradley, Pádraig Rynne And Paul Meehan
• Martin Hayes by Martin Hayes
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
• Music On The Wind by Sean Moloney
• Nine Fine Irishmen's Sin E Ri-Ra by Sin E Ri-Ra
• Orion by Orion
• Part II: Fire In Our Hearts by Na Connerys
• Rabharta by Feenish
• Raise The Rafters by Raise The Rafters
• Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
• Stark Ravin' by Roy Johnstone
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The Irish Girl by Robin Bullock And Michel Sikiotakis
• The Last House In Ballymakea by Junior Crehan
• The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
• The Mirthical Reel by Steve Mulhern And Ian Laws
• The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
• The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim by Noel Sweeney
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy Carty And Conor Tully
• Trip To Fanore by Eugene Lambe
• Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
• Up At The Crack Of Noon by Ciúnas
• Waves Of Rush by Tabache

X: 1
T: Caisleán An Oir
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gdor
|: GF | DGGF G2 (3A=Bc | dcde f2ga | gedc AdcA | DGGE FEDC |
DGGF G2 (3A=Bc | dcde f2ga | gfdc AdcA | G2GF G2 :|
|: (3A=Bc | dgga _b2 ag | gfde f2ga | gfdc AdcA | DGGE FEDC |
DGGF G2 (3A=Bc | dcde f2ga | gfdc AdcA | G2GF G2 :|

This is pretty much Kevin Burke's version on If the Cap Fits. I just checked TheSession's list of recordings, and this tune has been ommitted from that list. It is spelled Caisleán na nÓr on the CD and is played before Bobby Casey's Hornpipe (track 7).
This is a Junior Crehan tune.

# Posted on November 19th 2003 by heike

He, can we get the automatic misspell checker fixed? I thought I had typed the Irish name correctly (at least where capitalization is concerned, otherwise my Irish is rather rusty), but then I saw it with capitalization in all the wrong places. I tried to fix it, but it is automatically "corrected" on the details page.

# Posted on November 19th 2003 by heike

Is this a Junior Crehan composition?

# Posted on November 19th 2003 by Bannerman

Yes, it's generally attributed to him.

# Posted on November 20th 2003 by heike

Caislean An Oir

My Gaelic is almost non-existent,but am I correct in believing that the title means "The Twisting Of The Rope"? David

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Caislean an Oir

Jocklet,
It just means "golden castle". I assume that the first word is a loan word from English and just adapted to the Irish spelling. The pronunciation is something like "cashlen" -> "castle". Literally, the Irish title means "castle of gold".

# Posted on November 21st 2003 by heike

T:Caislean an Oir
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:McMahon, Aidan & Anthony Quigney - a clare conscience
R:hornpipe
N:Transposed from G to A
Z:gm
K:ADor
AG|EA AG A2 (3Bcd|ed ef g2 ab|ag ed Be dB|A2 GE G2 ED|
EA AB A2 (3Bcd|ed ef g2 ab|ag ed Be dB|A2 AG A2:|:(3Bcd||
ea ab c'2 ba|ag ef g2 ab|ag ed Be dB|A2 GE G2 ED|
EA (3GAB A2 (3Bcd|ed ef g2 ab|ag ed Be dB|A2 AG A2:|

# Posted on December 18th 2004 by gian marco

Caisleán an Oir

Listen to Junior Crehan himself playing this tune: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/7august.ram (it starts around 29:30) "That's great stuff!"

# Posted on August 6th 2005 by slainte

Heard a year before Junior Creahan passed away

I have heard this tune played by Junior Creahan himself and fellows (fiddle, concertina) in Miltown Malbay in 1994 at Cleary's (Quilty road). First of a set of three beautiful hornpipes :

cd ed ce d2 cA GE AE G2

and

B2 BG A2 GE DE GA G2

# Posted on December 7th 2006 by Emmanuel Delahaye

Lovely tune. What a great composer.

# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Dow