Paddy Murphy's Wife

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as Charlie Mulvihill's, Muckross Abbey, Mulvihill's, Murphy's, Ríl Uí Mhurchú.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1891-1945 Disc 2 by Michael Coleman
• A Dance Visit To Ireland by McCusker Brothers Ceilidhe Band
• A Living Thing by Various Artists
• A Rake Of Reels by John Nolan
• A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• All In Good Time by Patrick Street
• Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
• Archives #1 by Jean Carignan And Gilles Losier
• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Bruach An TSuláin by The Abbey Céilí Band
• Capel Street by James Kelly
• Casey In The Cowhouse by Bobby Casey
• Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• Cherish The Ladies by Peg McGrath, Kathleen Smyth, Mary Mulholland
• Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Come To An Irish Dance Party by Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band.
• Contra Music: The Sound Of New England by Various Artists
• Crossing by Any Old Time
• Darby's Farewell by Josie McDermott
• Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
• Dublin Made Me by Liam O'Connor And Seán McKeon
• Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
• Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Footprints by No I.D.
• Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
• Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
• Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
• Gander In The Pratie Hole by Carlos Plumley And Mike Herr
• General Humbert 2 by General Humbert
• Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
• Happy Hour by Donal Murphy
• Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Irish Accordion by Timmy Cronin
• Irish Folk The Collection Vol.2 by Various Artists
• Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
• Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
• Johnny O'Leary Of Sliabh Luachra by Johnny O'Leary
• Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
• Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
• Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• May Monday by Karen Tweed And Timo Alakotila
• Micho Russell by Micho Russell
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Millhouse Measures by The Raw Bar Collective
• Music And Songs By The Sea by Michael Falsey
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• Music For The Sets - Volume 6: Face The Hob by Various Artists
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Jackie Daly
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• On The Fly by Patrick Street
• On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
• On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
• One by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
• Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
• Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
• Portraid by Sean Maguire
• Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
• Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Seanchas by Danu
• Seancheol Ar An Seannós by Peadar Ó Loughlainn And Aggie Whyte
• Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
• Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
• Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
• Sliabh Notes by Sliabh Notes
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
• Southerly Breeze by Various Artists
• Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
• Sweeney's Dream by Kevin Burke
• Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
• That's The Spirit by James Keane
• The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Bridge Céilí Band by The Bridge Céilí Band
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Clare Shout by Bobby Gardiner
• The First Month Of Spring by John Vesey And Paul Brady
• The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
• The Fuchsia Band by The Fuchsia Band
• The Half Gate by Iontach
• The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
• The Leitrim Cake by Joe 'Lacky' Gallagher
• The Long Hard Road by Tom McElvogue And Paddy Kerr
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
• The Open Road by Steph Geremia
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Various Artists
• The Rowsome Tradition: Five Generations Of Uileann Piping by Kevin Rowsome
• The Singing Kettle by Chulrua
• The Sligo Maid by Carmel Gunning
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• The Spirit Of West Clare by Bobby Casey
• The Tain Ceili Band by The Tain Ceili Band
• The Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Various Artists
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Jim McKillop And Mary Mulholland
• Tin Whistles by Paddy Moloney And Sean Potts
• Tiomnacht / Handed On by Eoin O Riabhaigh
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
• Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong
• Tripswitch by John McSherry And Dónal O'Connor
• Upon My Soul by James Carty

X: 1
T: Paddy Murphy's Wife
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
AF F2 G2 FG | AF F2 EGFE | D2 FA dfed | dBAF E2 dB |
AF F2 G2 FG | AF F2 EGFE | D2 FA dfed | dBAF D4 :|
f2 fa g2 fg | afdf edBd | f2 fe dfed | dBAF E2 fg |
af f2 bf f2 | af f2 efde | f2 fe dfed | dBAF D4 :|

Paddy Murphy's Wife

Surprised that this fairly well-known reel hasn't already been posted. First heard on Moloney & Potts' "Tin Whistles" LP. Also recorded by a very young Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Mooney on a record by Belfast singer Albert Fry. There is a different reel of the same name in O'Neill's, which Matt Molloy has recorded. A lovely, melodic reel, I think - a perfect flute tune.

# Posted on December 25th 2003 by Kenny

Murphy's and Charlie Mulvihill's Reel

This tune is in one of the Brendan Breathnach volumes as Murphy's. I learned it from Brendan Mulvihill as Charlie Mulvihill's. There is a great version of it on The Kerry Fiddles with Denis Murphy, Padraig O'Keefe and Julia Clifford. (The cd track list reverses the names - Mulvihill's is first then Muckross Abbey)

# Posted on February 27th 2004 by ving

I also know of a recording by Joanie Madden; I have it on a CD titled Celtic Twilight Volume 5, where it's performed as flute accompanied by drums. It does make quite a nice flute tune.

# Posted on May 8th 2006 by Vil-hatarn

Mulvihill's

I've heard it put after Master McDermott's. Aggie Whyte and Peader O'Lochlain played that set on their famous EP. Jack Coen always played those two together.

# Posted on April 10th 2008 by mimcgann

Mulvihill's

This tune is listed as "O'Brien's" in volume 1 of Bulmer and Sharply's collection. It occurs just before John Brennan's. We play these two tunes, in that order, as a set at the Houston sessions.

# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by mallette

Muckross Abbey vs. Charlie Mulvihill's vs. Paddy Murphy's Wife

The story behind alternative titles:

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/CHA_CHENY.htm#CHARLIE_MULVIHILL%27S_(REEL)_[1]
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PAA_PAP.htm#PADDY_MURPHY%27S_WIFE_[2]

"Speed the Plough" is also referred to as "Charlie Mulvihill's" on Johnny Leary's "Music for the Set", but Johnny reportedly didn't agree with Denis Murphy's choice of the title for the 1st tune recorded on "Kerry Fiddles". Why didn't Charlie come up with any title for the tune, really? I prefer the 'invented' 'Muckross Abbey' to avoid confusion, keeping the composer in mind

# Posted on March 19th 2011 by Bregolas