Paddy Murphy's Wife

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 25th 2003 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 45 tunebooks.

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

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 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
• 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
• 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.
• Darby's Farewell by Josie McDermott
• Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
• Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Tour Group 1984
• 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
• Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Irish Accordion by Timmy Cronin
• Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
• 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 Lynn Saoirse
• Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• May Monday by Karen Tweed And Timo Alakotila
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
• Music From Sliabh Luachra by Jackie Daly
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
• One by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
• One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
• Portraid by Sean Maguire
• Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
• 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 Lynn Saoirse
• 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 Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• 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 Fuchsia Band by The Fuchsia Band
• The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
• The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Lynn Saoirse
• 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 Totally Traditional Tin Whistle Tape by Lynn Saoirse
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Lynn Saoirse
• 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

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