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O'Mahony's

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 36 tunebooks.

Also known as Clareman's, The Clareman's, The Hatter's, Mahony's, O'Mahoney's, Prendiville's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
Between The Sets by Barefield Ceili Band
Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway by Various Artists
Come Dance With Me In Ireland by Various Artists
Denis Doody Plays Kerry Music by Denis Doody
Heat Of The Moment by Pierre Schryer And Ian Clark
Herding Cats by Gaelic Storm
Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
Humours Of Lissadell by Seamus And Manus McGuire
Irish Heritage: Ireland's Musical Tradition (CD 1) by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music by Jim McKillop
Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
Lively Steps by Jerry Holland
Memories Of Galway by Seamus Walshe
Myriad by Gerry O'Connor
Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
Round The House: Music For The Sets Volume 1 by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Various Artists
Tap Of The Foot by Just Us
The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
The Irish Girl by Robin Bullock And Michel Sikiotakis
The One-Horned Cow by The Suffering Gaels
The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (2/2) by Geraldine Cotter
Traditional Music Of Ireland On Button Accordion by Seamus Walshe
Velvet In The Wind by Gerry Strong

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Gan Ainm

From a session tape.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Sounds like a version/relative of Cronin's in D rather than the usual G?

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

TItle

I just Googled the 3rd measure and found the tune at http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/books/mfi/mfabc/omaho.abc
where it has the titles:

O'Mahony's
The Hatter's Hornpipe
Prendiville's Hornpipe
Clareman's Hornpipe

And it sure does have a striking similarity to Cronin's.

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by GaryAMartin

Recording

I can hear in my mind's ear a recording of this tune. Slow. Possibly with someone dancing to it. Could it be Gearoid ohAllmhurain or however the hAll he spells it?

Ah, sure enough there's a hornpipe called "Kit O'Mahoney's" listed on the contents of Tracin', by Gearoid and Patrick Ourceau. I'll have to listen on the way home (the CD is in my car!) to confirm that this is it, but I'm pretty sure.

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by GaryAMartin

It's a great hornpipe but definitely not Kit O'Mahony's which is on Gear��d's CD and was also a favourite of the legendary Clare concertina player from Kilmaley, Paddy Murphy.

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by Bannerman

You're right. I listened in the car. I haven't been able to find a recording yet. It's in the Green Book of session tunes in the Ossian series, edited by Geraldine Cotter, under the title "The Clareman".

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by GaryAMartin

Title

It is O'Mahoney's but not the "Kit" type.
The Fiddler's Companion has this to say about the tune:

CLAREMAN'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "F�ilte Go h�irinn," "Hatter's Hornpipe," "O'Mahoney's Hornpipe," "Prendiville's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford recorded the tune as "O'Mahoney's Hornpipe."

# Posted on February 11th 2004 by Donough

Right. Turns out I did have a recording in the car, but not the one I was thinking it was. Murphy/Clifford, cut 2 on "Star Above the Garter", paired with "Stack of Barley". Before leaving for work this morning, I sat down to play "Clareman's" and found myself automatically going into "Stack of Barley", though I'd never played them together before and I don't even really remember the latter. Half an hour later, I got in the car and found the recording of the two tunes as a set.

# Posted on February 12th 2004 by GaryAMartin

Thank's a lot for the info everyone.

# Posted on February 10th 2006 by dafydd

So David, how's about you replace Gan Ainm in the header with Clareman's or O'Mahoney's?

# Posted on February 10th 2006 by Miss Lonelyhearts

O'Mahoney's

This gets played in G in our session. I've found some versions in G online - first this:

And this from the Mulcahy family:

You can hear them play it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxq3a6e555Y.

# Posted on February 19th 2007 by Dow

John Blake and Lamond Gillespie recorded the G major version, which is like a composite of the two versions Dow posted above. They cite Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford as the source, so I guess the Mulcahy family also learnt it from "The Star above the Garter" CD.

# Posted on June 5th 2008 by slainte