The Road To Cashel

reel

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on July 11th 2004 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 66 tunebooks.

Also known as An Biadana, The Cabin Hunter, The Chestnut Tree, Road To Cashel.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• All Things Considered by Danu
• At Home by Rosie Shipley And Matt Mulqueen
• BEO! by Jean-Michel Veillon And Yvon Riou
• Box On by Shona Kipling And Damien O'Kane
• Celtic Groove Band by The Sevens
• Dead String Rhythm by Flynn Cohen
• Dialogues: Agallamh by Chris Newman And Maire Cathasaigh
• Garden Of Butterflies by Jody's Heaven
• In Good Company - The Very Best Of by Kevin Burke
• In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
• Jamie Smith by Jamie Smith
• Live And Kicking by Swarb's Lazarus
• Local Ground by Altan
• Lucky In Love by Charlie Lennon And Mick O'Connor
• Musical Memories by Charlie Lennon
• Out And About by Cherish The Ladies
• Out Of The Woods by Randal Bays
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Seoda Ceoil by Various Artists
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• Sheridan's Guesthouse by Dave Sheridan
• Skin And Bow by Declan Folan And Junior Davey
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• The Boys Of Sligo by Dervish
• The Orange Tree by Grey Larsen And Andre Marchand
• The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
• The Rocky Road by Michael Kerry
• Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by Vincent Griffin
• Up Close by Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: Road To Cashel, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
FEED E2E2|FE~E2 deBd|FEED E2BA|1 FDD2 dABd:|2 FAdA BdAd||
~B3d fgfe|dfab afed|(3Bcd ge ~f3e|dBAF FEE2|
~B3d fgfe|dfab afef|bf~f2 af~f2|bfaf edBA||

The Road To Cashel

Not to be confused with the similar but nevertheless different "Cabin Hunter" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1183. This one's a Charlie Lennon composition. I've transcribed it direct from a session recording.

# Posted on July 11th 2004 by Dow

Kevin Burke's setting

This tune was misnamed "The Cabin Hunter" on Kevin Burke's recording "Up Close," though he did credit Charlie as the composer. Kevin's version is the one most people play even though it's differs a bit from Charlie's original idea. It turns out this was among Charlie's first compositions done in the 1970s. The Road to Cashel is where he rode his bike with his fiddle under his arm to the céilí dances of his youth.

Here's the ABCs for Kevin Burke's setting:

X:1
T:Road To Cashel, The
S:Kevin Burke 'Up Close'
Z:Jack Gilder
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
FEED E3B|FE~E2 F2AB|FEED E2BA|1 FDD2 B/c/dAB:|2 FDD2 B/c/dAd||!
BA B/c/d egfe|d2ab afed|B/c/d ge ~f3e|dBAF FEE2|!
BA B/c/d egfe|d2ab afed|bf~f2 afef|bfaf edBA|!

# Posted on July 12th 2004 by Phantom Button

Some people claim that the 2 tunes are the same and that Lennon is claiming a trad tune as his own composition, but I think that's grossly unfair. Really they're no more similar to each other than, say, "The Flowers Of Red Hill" and "The Merry Harriers". I think that the A-parts are very similar, but the B-parts are completely different. I think "The Road To Cashel" is the nicer tune, with its more imaginative B-part that moves more and covers a wider range. The B-part of "The Cabin Hunter" is very like "The Pigeon On The Gate". At least K.B. credited Lennon with its composition I suppose.

# Posted on July 12th 2004 by Dow

And then there's those two we were talking about the other day, Nervous Man and Bill McEvoy's No1.

# Posted on July 12th 2004 by Phantom Button

T:Road to Sashel, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Grey Larsen & Andre Marchand - The Orange Tree
R:reel
Z:gian marco pietrasanta
K:EDor
|FEED ~E3B|FE~E2 dFAB|FEED E2BA|FDDA B/c/d Ac|
BEED ~E3B|FE~E2 dFAB|FEED E2BA|FDDA B/c/d Ac|
~B2d e2fe|dfab afed|Bdge ~f3e|dBAF BE~E2|
~B2d e2fe|dfab afef|bf~f2 afef|bfaf edBA||

# Posted on January 1st 2006 by gian marco

Watch and listen to young London box player Damien Mullane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDxv3rI2ENI

# Posted on September 1st 2007 by slainte