Sporting Paddy

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 431 tunebooks.

Also known as Clare, The Clare , John Doherty's, Padai Sportmhar, Paddy On The Railroad, Pádaí Spórtmhar, Spoil The Dance, Sporting Nell, Sporting Nell(Donegal Version), The Sporting Paddy, Sporting Pat.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
• 20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
• 3 Way Street by Moloney, O'Donnell, Egan
• 40 Years Reunion by The Dubliners
• 60th Anniversary Celebration by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Splendid Notion by Luke Plumb
• An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
• As Long As You're Enjoying Yourself by John Brennan And John McGillian
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Best Of 1987-1993 by Altan
• Between Words by Cé
• Blackwater by Altan
• Bottlenecks And Arm-breakers by Session A9
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Brothers Together by Sean And Jim McGuire
• Capel Street by James Kelly
• Celtic Ceili by Various Artists
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
• Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
• Ceol Is Piob by TIarnan O Duinnchinn
• Claddagh Ring by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Cork Folk Festival Archive: Celebrating 21 Years by Various Artists
• D Flute Album by Kevin Crawford
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 12 by Matt Cunningham
• Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
• Dawson's Tumble by Trish Clair-Peck
• Do You Know Eddy Kelly? by Elandir
• Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
• Each Little Thing by Sharon Shannon
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• Fiddle Duets by Andy McGann And Paddy Reynolds
• Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
• Fidil 3 by Fidil
• Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
• Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Fonnchaoi by Verena Commins And Julie Langan
• For The Sake Of Old Decency by Cathal McConnel And Len Graham
• From The Floor Up by Wild Asparagus
• Get Out by Capercaillie
• Give Us A Penny And Let Us Be Gone by Teada
• Glackin by Paddy Glackin
• Happy To Meet by P.J. Crotty, Carol Cullinan, James Cullinan
• Happy To Meet And Sorry To Part by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Terry Coleman
• Happy To Meet Sorry To Part by Various Artists
• Heathery Breeze by Matt Molloy
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Hives Of Honeyed Sound by Padraic Mac Mathuna
• Hoof And Mouth by Open House
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• I Will If I Can by John Carty
• In Concert by Gerry O'Connor And Gilles Le Bigot
• In Full Spate by Paddy Glackin
• In Safe Hands by Kieran Munnelly And Aidan O'Donnell
• Instrumental by The Dubliners
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
• Irish Traditional Fiddle Music by John Kelly And James Kelly With Michael Crehan And Michael Gavin
• Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Journey Work by Popcorn Behavior
• Journeyman by Gerry O'Connor
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• La Route De L'orgie by Toutatis
• Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 2 by Various Artists
• Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
• Live And Kicking by Swarb's Lazarus
• Luí Na Gréine by Seosamh Mac Grianna (Joe Mhicí Jimí)
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• Master Irish Fiddle Player by Tommy Peoples
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• May Morning Dew by Mick O'Brien
• Memoire Celte by Broken String
• Merry Bits Of Timber by Emer Mayock
• Micho Russell by Micho Russell
• Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
• Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
• Morga by Morga
• Music For Whistle And Guitar by Cormac Breatnach And Martin Dunlea
• Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
• Musical Journey by Cormac Breatnach And Martin Dunlea
• No Compromise by Andrew MacNamara
• Oidhreacht by Conor Keane
• Past Masters Of Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
• Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
• Phantom Power by Phantom Power
• Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
• Redwood by Lunasa
• Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
• Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2007 by Various Artists
• Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2008 by Various Artists
• Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
• Rossinver Braes by Ben Lennon And Tony O'Connell
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Scottish Inheritance by Bonnie Rideout
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume I by Various Artists
• Set On Stone by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• Shantalla by Shantalla
• Sheila Maguire by Sheila Maguire
• Slipstream by Frank Simon
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• Solo Run by Johnny McCarthy
• Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
• Sunshine Dance by Deiseal
• The Best Ever Traditional Irish Pub Session Volume Two by Various Artists
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Boston Edge by Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly And John McGann
• The Boys Of Sligo by Dervish
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The Crooked Road by Eamon De Buitlear Agus Ceoltoiri Laighean
• The First Ten Years: 1986 - 1995 by Altan
• The Great Bear Trio by The Great Bear Trio
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The Hidden Note by Jacqueline McCarthy
• The High Notes by The High Notes
• The Hour Before Dawn by Solas
• The Humours Of Derrybeha by Pat O'Connor
• The Kinnitty Sessions by Lunasa
• The Leg Of The Duck by Joe Burke, Michael Cooney And Noreen Donoghue
• The Long Trip Home: Traditional Irish Music From D.C. And Baltimore by Josh Dukes
• The Man From Clare by Micho Russell
• The Maple Leaf by Jimmy Noonan, Chris McGrath
• The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
• The Rowsome Tradition: Five Generations Of Uileann Piping by Kevin Rowsome
• The Sharon Shannon Collection 1990 - 2005 Disc 1 by Sharon Shannon
• The Shores Of Lough Graney by P.J.Hayes And Martin Hayes
• The Story So Far... by Lunasa
• The Swallow by The Boys In The Gap
• The Twentieth Anniversary Collection by Various Artists
• They'll Be Good Yet by Kitty Hayes And Peter Laban
• Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
• Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Guitar by Jack And Jimmy Coen
• Traditional Irish Music Played On The Concert Flute by Marcus Hernon
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Tripswitch by John McSherry And Dónal O'Connor
• Uilleann Pipes And Whistles - Traditional Music From Co. Monaghan by Martin McCormack
• Undertones by Adrian Barker And Ben Stephenson
• Up Against The Flatirons by Eliot Grasso
• Up In The Air by Danu
• Wallop The Spot by Four Men And A Dog
• Where Else Would You Be by The Pub Scouts
• Wired by Michael McGoldrick
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan
• Witt's End by Hell On The Nine Mile
• Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty
• Young Irish Musicians Weekend Vol. 1 by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Tommy Martin, Daithi Sproule, Fintan Vallely

X: 1
T: Sporting Paddy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: EAAB GABG | EAAB G2ED | EAA2 GABd | edge dBAG |
EAAB GABG | EAAB G2ED | EAA2 GABd | edge d2 ||
ef | geee gede | geee a2ba | gee2 ged2 | efge d2ef |
geee gede | geee a2ga | bgab gabg | efge dBAG :|

wheeeeee

# Posted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane

Sporting Paddy

This tune is also played on Cormac Breatnachs whistle album "Musical Journey" A great album for Low whistle enthusiasts.

# Posted on May 12th 2002 by Twiz

...And it's also played by John Whelan, in button accordion. He adds to it "John Dwyer's" and "Galtee Rangers".
lovely set!

# Posted on May 23rd 2002 by Netallica

Donogh Hennessy's arrangement

Does anyone know the chords Donogh uses on this tune? It's teamed with Rathlin Island on The Kinnitty Sessions. He also played it on Sharon Shannon's Each Little Thing album--done a few years earlier.

I love the chord progressions--I just can't figure out what they are. Any clues would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks
Gena

# Posted on May 2nd 2004 by gena

The liner notes on "Each Little Thing" indicate that Sharon Shannon herself play the whistle on this tune.

# Posted on July 9th 2004 by Chef Paul

Variations

The latter half of the second part is usually played like this:

ge~e2 gede|ge~e2 a2ga|bgaf gedg|efge dBAG||

or

g2fg edBd|ge~e2 a2ga|bgaf gfed|efge dBAG||

# Posted on March 2nd 2005 by slainte

John Doherty's

There's a different version of this on Altan's "Blackwater", which came from John Doherty:

X: 1
T: John Doherty's
T: Sporting Paddy
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
S: Altan - Blackwater
K: Ador
EAAF GABG|EAAG E2DG|EAAF GABd|1 egdB BAAG:|2 egdB BAAa||
geeg dBBa|gefg a2ba|geeg dBBf|~g3e dfef|
geeg dBBa|gefg a2ga|bgaf gfed|egdB cBAG||

# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Dow

Isn't the second part almost exactly like Spoil The Dance?

# Posted on January 17th 2007 by Pere

Yeah. It's just obvious, so nobody mentions that.

# Posted on January 17th 2007 by slainte

Sporting Paddy

I love this version I heard on the radio once:

X:285
T:Sporting Paddy
S:Played by Burke, Cooney & Corcoran on Radio Scotland, 1995
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A dorian
EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd |edge dBAG |EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd |edge d3 ||
e | ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ba | ge (3eee gedg| efge d3 e | ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ga | (3bag af gedg | efge dBAG|]

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by nigelg