Carolan's

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 19th 2004 by loscann7.

This tune has been added to 48 tunebooks.

Also known as The Brink Of The White Rock, Carolan's Cap, Carolan's Cup, Carolan's Fancy, O'Carolan's Cap, O'Carolan's Cup, O'Carolan's Fancy, O'Carolans Cup, Planxty Carolan's Cap, Planxty Safaigh.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Acousticity by The Albion Band
• Carolan's Favourite by Derek Bell
• Carolan's Harp by Andrew Lawrence-King And The Harp Consort
• Carolan's Receipt by Derek Bell
• Celtic Harp/O'Carolan's Dream/The Music Of O'Carolan by Aryeh Frankfurter
• Celtic Sessions by William Coulter
• Fiona by Patrick Ball
• General Humbert 2 by General Humbert
• I Feel My Heart Fly by Darcy Nair
• Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
• Sail Óg Rua by Dolores Keane And John Faulkner
• The Ancient Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• The Black Rose by Jesse Autumn With Barry Phillips
• The Complete Works Of Turlough O' Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 7 by J.J. Sheridan
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The House by Dennis Botzer
• The Nightingale (And Other Lesser Spotted Tunes ...) by Josephine Keegan

X: 1
T: Carolan's
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:de|~f2e dfa|edB Afe|dcB AFA|Bba bae|
~f2e dfa|~e2 d cec|dcB AFA|B3 z :|
|:zc|~d2c ~d2f|faf faf|e2d dfa|b3 zab|
afe dfa|edB Afe|dcB AFA|B3 z:|

History?

Well, here I am posting again. It must be a blue moon.
Anyway, I've been looking for some history on this jig, and can't seem to find any. If it's Carolan's, there's bound to be something known (or is there?). Anyone else know it? Did Carolan write it, or is it misattributed to him?
Tim

# Posted on August 19th 2004 by loscann7

ABC source

Oh, by the way, this is where I got the ABC version of it, because I am slighty lazy.
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/gettune?F=TXT&X=92&U=http://gradcenter.marlboro.edu/~mahoney/abc/abc/net6.abc&N=/OCarolansJig.txt

# Posted on August 19th 2004 by loscann7

I'd much rather hear the version you actually play, Tim.

# Posted on August 19th 2004 by Dow

O`Carolan`s Fancy

There is a double jig named O`Carolan`s Fancy in the Sean McGuire/Josephine keegan collection``Irish Tunes by the Hundred``.Celtic Music 1975 but it appears to be unrelated to your tune.

# Posted on August 19th 2004 by cos

Version?

This is same as the way I play it, minus the rolls. I can't remember if I first picked it up off that site in the first place or from somewhere else...

# Posted on August 19th 2004 by loscann7

O'Carolans Cup

This looks like a version of Carolan's Cup.

# Posted on September 1st 2004 by tooteyflutey

Carolan's-in Roche as the Brink of the White Rock

I have had the rather heavily ornamented version from Roche's Irish tunes, so good to recognise it as one of O'Carolan's-having searched using ABC

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by mrs.b

"The Brink of the White Rock"

Nice connection, why not add the Roche take on it here for comparison?

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by ceolachan