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Drogheda Bay

reel

Key signature: Edorian

Submitted on December 3rd 2004 by Kenny.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Big Pat, Big Pat's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Castle Ceili Band by Castle Ceili Band
Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
Heathery Breeze by Matt Molloy
Irish Piping Tradition by Gay McKeon
No Compromise by Andrew MacNamara
Open Hearth by Mary And Andrew MacNamara
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Piper's Apron by Tommy Keane
Waifs And Strays (Traditional Irish Music From County Clare) by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Drogheda Bay
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
|: BGEF G2 BG | G2 BG FG A2 | BGEF G2 ef |1 gfed Bded :|2 gfed Bdef ||
|: g2 ga bgeg | f2 fg afdf |1 g2 ga bgeg | fedA Be e2 :|2 g2 bg dfaf | gfed Bded ||

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Drogheda Bay

No information on this, I'm afraid. From Matt Molloy's "The Heathery Breeze".

# Posted on December 3rd 2004 by Kenny

Re: Drogheda Bay

This tune is also on Paul McGrattan's solo album "Frost is All Over": he plays it with Paul O'Shaughnessy, who is the sorce of it. I've been thinkng it's just a version of "The Ships are Sailing" but has a different first part. Thanks for a cool tune.

P.S. The place name Drogheda sounds really familiar to me. Where is it?

# Posted on December 3rd 2004 by slainte

"B" part sounds almost identical to Ships are Sailing.
Drogheda is a town on the East coast in County Louth (40 or 50 miles north of Dublin).

# Posted on December 3rd 2004 by Bannerman

Drogheda/Ships

Any complaints, contact M.Molloy, Westport.

# Posted on December 3rd 2004 by Kenny

"A" part of the tune is quite different from that of "Ships are Sailing," which means this should be distinguished from the well-known tune.

I might have passed through Drogheda several times when going from north to south.

# Posted on December 4th 2004 by slainte

T:Big Pat's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Michael Hynes,and Denis Liddy - Waifs and Strays
R:reel
Z:Gian Marco Pietrasanta
K:Em
BGEF G2BG|~G2AG FDDA|BGEF G2Bd|1 gefd efdc:|2 gefd ~e3f||
|~g3a bgag|eaag fddf| ~g3a bgag|fedf ~e3f|
|~g3a ~b2ag|eaag fddf|~g3e ~f3d|edfd efdc|

# Posted on April 5th 2005 by gian marco

Watch and listen to John McEvoy and John Wynne play this tune together: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/john_mcevoy_and_john_wynne

The two tunes are also paired by Patsy Hanly: http://www.lafferty.ca/files/flute-geezers/patsyh1.mp3
From Rich Lafferty's Flute Geezers Page: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers

I doubt it was composed by Johnny Moran.

# Posted on March 21st 2008 by slainte

AAB

Listening to a version by Leo Rowsome (from archive.org) he repeats the 8 bars of the A-Part whereas he does not repeat the 8 bars B-Part

# Posted on May 4th 2008 by TMB