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The Lisnagun

jig

Key signature: Cmajor

Submitted on November 10th 2004 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 59 tunebooks.

Also known as Brendan Ring's, Lisagun, The Lisagun, Lisnagan, Lisnagun, Lissagan, Lissagun, The Lissagun, Mad Piper.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A River Of Sound by Various Artists
Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
Are You Willing? by Tabache
Down The Broom by Trouble In The Kitchen
First Things First by Ailie Robertson
For Love And Laughter by Solas
Gan Bua by Gan Bua
I Won't Be Afraid Any More by Nomos
Live At Martyrs' by Gan Bua
Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston by Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston
Spin by Whirligig
Spinndrift by Spinndrift
Telyn Y Celt - Trad Harps by Various Artists
The Mad Skeleton by Fianna
The Morning After by Beneche
The Uneven Bridge by Glen Ayre
Troublesome Things by Brendan Ring
With Every Breath by John Wynne

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Lisnagun Jig

By Brendan Ring. I transcribed this off Trouble In The Kitchen's EP "Down The Broom" and wrote in a couple of the variations they do. If you're like me and you like your trad albums to sound trad, you need to buy their music now (check out their album "When The World Was Wide"), and watch this space because they're making noises about touring Europe in the not too distant future.

# Posted on November 10th 2004 by Dow

I like this tune because it has a cheerful melody even though it has such a simple structure - not flashy but not boring. I will get their CD; i have only ever heard the guys playing on a SBS video recording some years ago.
Any idea what sort of a gun is a 'lisna'. Is it the sort of gun you point at people when you want them to listen. -☺- Ouch

# Posted on November 10th 2004 by Donough

Tony O'Rourke told me it's pronuounced something like LISH-na-gween...
Don't know what it means though.

# Posted on January 27th 2006 by kjay_bc_box

Lios means a ringfort .
Con is related to the Irish word for hound ; Cúchullain is Cullen's Hound. It shares a common root with the word canine.

Liosnagun, then, is an anglicisation of Lios na gCon or "Fort of the Hound"

# Posted on January 27th 2006 by Conán McDonnell

Mad Piper?

I think this is the same tune as the Mad Piper - except the Mad Piper is paid in G or Emin

# Posted on September 12th 2006 by Brown Creeper

"Lisagun" ~ duplication

Key signature: A Major
Submitted on November 3rd 2006 by gian marco.
~ /tunes/display/6316

X: 1
T: Lisagun, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: A Major
AFE ~A3 | Bce c3 | Bce cBA | BAF AFE |
AFE ~A3 | Bce c3 | Bce cBA|1 BAF A3 :|2 BAF ABd ||
|: e2 d cBA | Bce cBA | ece cBA | BAF AFE |
~e3 cBA | Bce cBA | ece cBA | BAF A3 |
~e3 cBA | Bce cBA | ece cBA | BAF AFE |
AFE ~A3 | Bce c3 | Bce cBA | BAF A3 |] *

*gm gave the B-part as repeating ~ :|

The Lisagun (jig)
Source: "With Every Breath by John Wynne"
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by gian marco

LISNAGUN ~ I think this is the correct spelling and here's the info courtesy of Fiddler's Companion. Great tune as well Gian ~

http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/LIAM_LITE.htm

LISNAGUN JIG, THE. AKA – “Lisnagan Jig.” Irish, Jig. C Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Brendan Ring. Green Linnet SIF 3112, Nomos – “I Won’t Be Afraid Anymore.”

X:1
T:The Lisnagan Jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
Z:Bernard Chenery
K:C
cAG ~c3 | cdg ~e3 | cdg edc | dcA cAG | cAG ~c3 | cdg ~e3 | cdg edc | dcA ~c3 :|
~g3 age | deg ~e3 | deg edc | dcA cAG | ~g3 age | deg ~e3 | deg edc | dcA ~c3|
~g3 age | deg ~e3 | deg edc | dcA cAG | cAG ~c3 | cdg ~e3 | cdg edc | dcA ~c3 ||

# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by Donough

Donough, you may be thinking of the Brendan Ring recording, Troublesome Things. Mr. Ring likes the tune so much, he records it twice on the sam CD! The first track is a medley of three tunes on whistle, closing out with the Lisnagun (Tyrell's Pass and the Coolinarne Jig are the others). Later he pairs it with Brian O'Linn on pipes.

# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by CelticHeartbeat

Donough, Trouble In The Kitchen recorded it, and I assume you have their album, so maybe it's that.

# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by Dow

You can hear this tune deftly executed on fiddle by out own 'pitnekit' (Marco Fonseca) on The MIghty Craic Online. He also plays it as a reel.

# Posted on November 3rd 2006 by NameChangesRConfusing

I learned this tune from Brendan Bulger's self-titled album, played in a set with Knocknagow. Great tune.

# Posted on November 6th 2006 by wordnerd129

# Posted on September 30th 2007 by ceolachan

"Lisnagun" ~ in triplicate ~ rescued

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on September 29th 2007 by PaddyCmusic.
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From Adam Smith ~ My brother got this from his accordion teacher, Adam Smith in Monkstown, Dublin yesterday. There was no name for it. It reminds me a little of Anthony Frawley's.

# Posted on September 29th 2007 by PaddyCmusic

# Posted on September 30th 2007 by ceolachan