Lad O'Beirne's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on February 15th 2002 by Brad Maloney.

This tune has been added to 41 tunebooks.

Also known as O'Beirne's, Spellan The Fiddler.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 15 Times Around by Tim O'Shea And Friends
• A Celebration Of 50 Years by The Tulla Ceili Band
• A Job Of Journeywork: A Tribute To Larry Redican And His Musical Friends by Various Artists
• A Living Thing by Various Artists
• A Man Apart by Sean Maguire
• A Session With Jerry Holland by Jerry Holland
• Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
• All In Good Time by Patrick Street
• An Nora Bheag by Sean Hernon
• At It Again by John Carty
• At The Feis by John Doonan
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Call Of The Wild by Wild Asparagus
• Celtic Fire by John Whelan
• Come To Dance: A Celtic Tradition by John Whelan
• Cuts From The Turf by Hooley
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 6 by Matt Cunningham
• Each Little Thing by Sharon Shannon
• Enchanted Lady by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
• Fortune Favours The Merry by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
• From A Distant Shore: Irish And Cape Breton Traditional Music by Various Artists
• Heatin' Up The Hall by Yankee Ingenuity
• Hill 16 by Hill 16
• Hungry Grass by Hungry Grass
• Inishkeeragh by Brenda McCann
• Irish Piping, Flutes And Whistles by Various Artists
• Irish Women Musicians Of America by Cherish The Ladies
• Josephine Marsh by Josephine Marsh
• Killultagh by Killultagh
• Light Through The Leaves by Various Artists
• Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
• Many's A Wild Night - Domhnach Is Dalach by Jackie Daly
• Masters Of The Celtic Accordion: The Big Squeeze by Various Artists
• No Boundaries by Natalie MacMaster
• No Matter How Cold And Wet You Are by Craobh Rua
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Pigtown Fling by Randal Bays And Joel Bernstein
• Rattle The Boards by John Nugent, Benny McCarthy And Pat Ryan
• Roll Away The Reel World by James Keane
• Sláinte by Sheevon
• Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
• String Sisters Live by String Sisters
• The Best Of Patrick Street by Patrick Street
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
• The Given Note by Liam O'Flynn
• The Music Of Ed Reavy by Various Artists
• The Piper Calls The Tune by Joe Finn
• The Pure Box by Colin Nea
• The Red Wellies by The Red Wellies
• The Silver Spire by Karen Tweed
• The Sligo Indians by Tony DeMarco
• The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
• The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
• The Times We've Had by The Irish Tradition
• The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
• Tiomnacht / Handed On by Eoin O Riabhaigh
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Con Cassidy
• Traditional Fiddle Music From The Glens Of Antrim by Dominic McNabb
• Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast by Various Artists
• Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
• Trip Over The Mountain by Watkin Lees
• Two For Two by Laurence Nugent
• Within A Mile Of Kilty by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
Bc | dBgd BdcB | Agfa ~g3e | dfec BdcA | FdAF (3.D.E.D (3.C.B,.A, |
G,B,DG BGDB, | CEAB c3A | (3.B.c.B GB cAFD | G2GF G2 :|
ga | bgdg bgdg | afdf afdf | (3.g.a.g (3.f.g.f (3.e.f.e dB | (3.c.B.A (3.B.A.G (3.F.E.D (3.C.B,.A, |
G,B,DG BGDB, | CEAB c3A | (3.B.c.B GB cAFD | G2GF G2 :|

Lad o'Beirne's

This tune is dedicated to Lad, Lad was a big player with the NYC city bunch. This is one of my favorite hornpipes but it is obviously a fiddle/box tune. Anybody up to posting a setting that doesn't dip below D?

# Posted on February 15th 2002 by Brad Maloney

Oh yeah, this is another Ed Reavy finger twister.

# Posted on February 16th 2002 by Brad Maloney

Above from below ~

T: Lad O'Beirne's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Gmaj
B>c |
d>Bg>d B>dc>B | A>gf>a g>fg>e |
d>fe>c (3Bcd c>A | F>dA>F D2 (3cBA |
G>Bd>g B>gd>B | c>eA>B c3 A |
(3BcB G>B (3cBA (3FED | G2 B2 G2 :|
g>a |
b>gd>g b>gd>g | a>fd>f a>f (3def |
(3gag (3fgf (3efe d>B | (3cBA (3BAG (3FED (3cBA |
G>Bd>g B>gd>B | C>eA>B c3 A |
(3BcB G>B c>A (3FED | G2 B2 G2 :|

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Lad o Beirne

this tune is played beattifully by an all Ireland champion fiddler on www.comhaltas.ie though this is a subscription site.

# Posted on October 6th 2005 by boxer

Ed Reavey's "Lad o'Beirne's hornpipe

wish this hornpipe was played more....it is a most lovely hornpipe. Also wish it had a different name d/t all the other Lad o'Beirne named tunes..

# Posted on May 8th 2008 by nenewolfe

Not Spellan the Fiddler

This is not "Spellan the Fiddler," which is an entirely different hornpipe. And Reavy's name was "Lad O'Beirne," not "Lad O'Beirne's."

Is there any way to correct the titles listed here?

# Posted on March 26th 2009 by blarneystar