Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Down The Broom

reel

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on January 22nd 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 160 tunebooks.

Also known as Down The Brooms, Down Through The Broom, P. Flanagan's, Peter Flanagan's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

25 Years Of Celtic Music (Disc 1) by Various Artists
A Place I Know by S�ucra
Ah, Surely! by Eddie Cahill
An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
Beal A' Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Between The Jigs And The Reels by Various Artists
Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Chasing The Dawn by Jenny Crook And Henry Sears
Come To An Irish Dance Party by Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band.
Conversation At The Crosses by Pat O'Connor And Eoghan O'Sullivan
Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 7 by Matt Cunningham
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
Down The Broom by Trouble In The Kitchen
Drifted by Ginger
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert Tour 2006
Fairwater (Fionnuisce) by Declan Masterson
Good Friends-Good Music by Boys Of The Lough
Humours Of Lissadell by Seamus And Manus McGuire
Instrumental by The Dubliners
Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
Kitty From Ballinamore by Ash Plant
Late... In The Night by Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue
Live In Belfast by Cathal Hayden
McGreevy And Cooley by John McGreevy And Seamus Cooley
Off She Goes by Gerry Hegarty And Claire Watts
Oldtime Records Vol 1 (U.S. Recordings) by Various Artists
On Lough Erne's Shore by Cathal McConnell
On The Fly by Patrick Street
Past Masters Of Irish Fiddle Music by Various Artists
Reelin'in Tradition by The Mulcahy Family
Seoltai Seidte (Setting Sail) by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
Sligo Fiddle (Disk 2) by John Vesey
Soltré by Soltré
Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
The Bridge Céilí Band by The Bridge Céilí Band
The Celts Play Connecticut by Various Artists
The Corner House by The Irish Tradition
The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band by The Eamonn Ceannt Ceili Band
The Flowing Tide by Chris Droney
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Flute Players Of Roscommon Vol 2 by Various Artists
The Fuchsia Band by The Fuchsia Band
The Heather Breeze by Heathery Breeze Ceili Band
The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
The Morning Dew by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long
The Mountain Road by Various Artists
The Shroud Of Erin by Orealis
The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
The Spectacle Bridge by Michael Hynes And Dennis Liddy
The Tap Session by Andrea Beaton
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Traditional Irish Flute Music by Fintan Vallely
Traditional Irish Music On Flute And Tin Whistle by Laurence Nugent
Traditional Irish Music Played On The Concert Flute by Marcus Hernon
Traditional Irish Tunes Played On The Tin Whistle (1/2) by Geraldine Cotter
Traditional Music Of Ireland, Vol. 1 by Sean Ryan
Tunnel Vision by Christel Rice
Up And Away by Paul Smyth
Upon My Soul by James Carty
Young Irish Musicians Weekend Vol. 1 by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Tommy Martin, Daithi Sproule, Fintan Vallely

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Reel: "Down The Broom"

Here's a set with this reel that was played by a band known as THE IRISH TRADITION They played CONGRESS REEL / DOWN THE BROOM / STAR OF MUNSTER. It's on their CD "The Corner House" (Green Linnet recording #1016; 1978). It's also one of the tracks on Green Linnet's double-CD "25 Years Of Celtic Music" (Green Linnet, 2000).

# Posted on January 31st 2002 by Munsondr

By the by, that's a really good album.

# Posted on February 4th 2002 by Josh Kane

At a summer school for ITM that I attended last year, the teacher (from Sligo I believe) said that this tune ALWAYS was played in set with the Gatehouse Maid.

# Posted on April 13th 2003 by lars

Classic Set!

Lars, det har du ratt i! And as an illustration of this -- this tune came up yersterday at a session "somewhere in the USA" and, when the change was signaled, I immediately went roaring into "The Gatehouse Maid" and temporarily ground the set
to a halt as my American friends had started another tune. Automatic reflex on my part. I wonder if this is the first time I have ever heard "Down The Broom" not followed by "Gatehouse Maid". A classic set and not heard all that often here. Halsa Uppsala fran mig. Jag bodde dar i nastan tre ar.

# Posted on April 13th 2003 by LongNote

Down the Broom

I finally learned this session standard today. It shares almost the same second part with "The Bag of Spuds," so it was easy to pick up. Mayo flute player Paul Smyth's solo album is the source. That's a cracking track, joined by a piper. I might misremember it but the version on the recording is something like this:

I happened to record Clare flute player Christy Barry play the tune, and found he has a very similar version to this.

I heard it played coupled with "The Gatehouse Maid" just once, but this tune is still referred to as the tune before "The Gatehouse Maid" quite often.

# Posted on October 26th 2004 by slainte

Down the Broom

Here is the link to the northern versions of the tune: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3871

# Posted on December 12th 2004 by slainte

Link to the old setting of the tune: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/837

# Posted on April 7th 2005 by slainte

Regarding the Tune Down the Broom

Does anyone know which version of "Down the Broom" is on the CD, Traditional Irish Fiddle Music, by the Kilfenora Ceili Band? I am uncertain as to whether the Down the Broom reel that is linked to the Recording on the session is the same version they play.

# Posted on August 25th 2006 by enirehtac

Re: Regarding the Tune Down the Broom

I think I've got this recording on a compilation and also one by Paddy Killoran (which is a knockout - absolutely love his playing). This seems to be close (copied from another archive - credit as below):
X:1
T:DOWN BROOM (THE)
R:Reel
S:Paddy Canny and Peter O'Loughlin, Clare (fiddles)
N:As played (P O'L much the louder)
Z:Bernie Stocks
H:Played with "The Gatehouse Maid"
M:4/4
K:G
EA(3.A.A.A A2Bd | eg~g2 egdc | BG~G2 ~G3E | {G}EDB,D GABG | EA(3.A.A.A A2Bd |
eg~g2 egdg | eg~g2 dgbg | {a}gedB {d}BAA2 :| a2ea {b}ageg | agbg agef | g2dg Bgdg |
{a}geaf gedg | a2ea {b}ageg | agbg ageg | dg~g2 dgba | gedB {d}BAA2 :|

# Posted on August 25th 2006 by RichardB

You can actually listen to Killoran play this tune: http://tedmcgraw.com/mp3/KilloranBroom.mp3
From N. American Archive of Traditional Irish Music: http://tedmcgraw.com/recimages/Irish_clips.htm

# Posted on August 25th 2006 by slainte

"The Cottage in the Glen / Grove" / "The Crosses of Annagh"

Damn, I was trusting slainte to make these connections...

The Cottage in the Glen ~ reel
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on February 21st 2002 by barney morgan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/558

The Crosses Of Annagh ~ reel
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on November 30th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1170

# Posted on October 25th 2006 by ceolachan

The Classic Set: Down the Broom / The Gatehouse Maid

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_270_3_paddy_ryan_and_john_carlos

Kevin Burke and John Carty recently recorded the set together on Patrick Street's album "On the Fly." That's a lovely fiddle duet influenced by P. Kiloran's recording.

By the way, I love playing Josie McDermott's composition "The Trip to Birmingham" before the set.

# Posted on October 31st 2008 by slainte

Down the Broom

Really good playing here by Cathal Hayden, PJ MacDonald and Arty McGlynn.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR0GBTbbro0&feature=rec-fresh+div

# Posted on September 26th 2009 by conscientious objector