The Humours Of Castlefin

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 17th 2003 by geoffwright.

This tune has been added to 104 tunebooks.

Also known as Egan's, Humors Of Castlefin, The Humours Of Castlefinn.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 4 by Bohola
• An Historic Recording Of Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes, Peader O'Loughlin, Bridie Lafferty
• Champions Of Ireland: Mandolin by Marina Meyler
• Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
• I GCnoc Na Grai by Noel Hill And Tony MacMahon
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
• Local Ground by Altan
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• Music At The House by Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey And Kathleen Gavin
• Music From The Edge Of The World by Cran
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
• Solo Run by Johnny McCarthy
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• The Chieftains 5 by The Chieftains
• The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
• The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
• The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan, Chris McGrath
• Tippin' Away by Damien Connolly And Pete Mancuso
• Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• When The Party's Over by Brian Finnegan

X: 1
T: Humours Of Castlefin, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
d^c[|BE E2 BEGB|AD D2 FGAd|BE E2 B2 AF|GBAF EFGA|
BE E2 BEGB|AD D2 FGAd|BE E2 B2 AF|GBAF EFGA|
B2 eB egfe|defg afed|!Beed efgb|agfa geed|
B2 eB egfe|defg afdf|efga bagf|egfd e2|]

The Humours of Castlefin

Mary Macnamara - Traditional music from East Clare

# Posted on December 17th 2003 by geoffwright

Good tune, and GREAT album.

# Posted on December 17th 2003 by gian marco

Should this one be in the key signature of Edorian (2 sharps)?

The only C is sharpened, in the lead-in to the first bar...it looks like a definite Edorian for the rest of the tune, as well. Beautiful tune!

# Posted on April 17th 2007 by benhockenberry

The Humours of Castlefin (reel)

This great reel was first recorded by Paddy Canny, who called it Egan's. It was followed by Sean Ryan's composition "The Glen of Aherlow," which was renamed after the piano accompanist Bridie Lafferty at the time of recording. Then Mary MacNamara took up the set and recorded it together with P.J. and Martin Hayes, adding the single version of "The Killarney Boys of Pleasure" at the end. Here's a short but sweet sound clip of their trio playing: http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/music/real_audio/cc60/cc60trk15.ram (from Claddagh Records Catalogue: http://www.claddaghrecords.com/www/product.asp?cID=18&pID=42&c=2758)

# Posted on July 2nd 2007 by slainte

The Humours of Castlefin

I think this is a version of "The Game of Love" or vice versa. "The Game of Love" has many different versions, but I want to know what others think about these two tunes.

# Posted on July 29th 2007 by slainte

The Humours of Castlefin on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUglPS3iUsI

# Posted on October 18th 2007 by Pere

Egan's Reel

X: 1
T: Canny Egan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:A|BE E2 BAFB|ADFD EFAd|BE E2 B2 AF|GBAF E2 FA|
BE E2 BE E2| ADFD EF A2| BE E2 B2 FA|GBAF E3A ||
|:B2 ed egfe|defg afed|B2 ed efgb|agfa ge e2|
B2 ed egfe|defg afdf|efga bagf|egfd edBA|

# Posted on May 5th 2009 by JACKB

Mary MacNamara version

I was happy to see that geoffwright cited Mary MacNamara, but I think his transcription is from another source. My buddy Mike Gregory and I made some changes, and think this versionj is much closer to hers.

X: 1
T: Humours Of Castlefin, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|BE EE BEFB|AD DD FGAd|BE EE BE AF|GBAF EFGA|
BE EE BEFB|AD DD FGAd|BE EE BE AF|GBAF EFGA|
B2 eB egfe|defg afed|!B2 eB egfe|agfa geed|
B2 eB egfe|defg afdf|efga bagf|e2fd e2|]

The other versions are nice, but we like hers best.

# Posted on May 21st 2009 by Dakotabanjo