Sporting Paddy

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 309 tunebooks.

Also known as Clare, The Clare , John Doherty's, Paddy On The Railroad, 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
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
Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
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
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
Flute For The Feis by John Doonan
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
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
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
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
Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
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
Phantom Power by Phantom Power
Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
Redwood by Lunasa
Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
Roguery Road by Jason O'Rouke And Ruadhrai O'Kane
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
Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
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 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 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 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 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
Yeh, That's All It Is by John Carty

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

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# 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||

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