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Kit O'Mahoney's

hornpipe

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan.

This tune has been added to 25 tunebooks.

Also known as Deer's March, Druid's Field, The Druid's Field, Kit O'Mahony's, Kit O’Mahony’s.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Cliabhán An Dúchais by Brid O'Donohue
Crossroads by Joe Ryan, Eddie Clark
Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
In Good Hands by Paddy Murphy
Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Flute Solos And Band Music From Kerry And Tipperary by Billy Clifford
Kitty's Rambles by Finbarr Dwyer
Le Chéile / Together by Séamus Begley And Oisín Mac Diarmada
Like Magic by Todd Denman And Bill Dennehy
Music At The House by Brendan Bulger, Marty Fahey And Kathleen Gavin
Piano + by Geraldine Cotter
Pure Traditional Irish Accordion Music by Finbarr Dwyer
Raise The Rafters by Raise The Rafters
Since Maggie Dooley Learned The Hooley Hooley by The Washington Square Harp And Shamrock Orchestra
The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
Thewhistler Podcast 2009/10 by Thewhistler
Tracin' by Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
Traditional Irish Music Played On The Fiddle by Tommy Peoples
Tropical Trad by Declan Masterson
Waiting For A Call by Tommy Peoples

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"Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe" ~ courtesy of Tim, alias 'tmcelrea'

You should have figured that one out right away, the 'arrows' are missing. If it were me posting this I'd have used the >>>>'s, as is my way and want. But, with respect to the contributor on who's part I'm acting, I have left it arrow free. I'll add my own take to it in the comments later. Further, in respect of the person on who's part I'm acting their comment and some links will follow... :-)

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe" ~ # Posted on July 16th 2006 by tmcelrea

Patrick taught me his hornpipe setting of this tune a few years back. I've listed it in the comments of the album 'Tracin', recorded with Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin:

Tracin' ~ Gearóid Ó HAllmhuráin And Patrick Ourceau
Submitted on June 14th 2002 by Bloomfield.
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/209

Track 14: Kit O'Mahoney's / Fahy's Delight

On the album it is played down a whole step. He was playing a fiddle tuned down to FCGD.

It is aslo tune #1593 in O'Neill's 1850.
I am told that Kit O'Mahoney is Francis O'Neill's mother.

Tim

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by tmcelrea

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Kit O'Mahoney's Jig"

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4234
Submitted on February 17th 2005 by spoon.

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

"Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe" ~ with >>>>'s, after incarceration...

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by ceolachan

I like this hornpipe, but the jig's one of my favourite tunes. Cheers for the submission anyways, I've been meaning to learn the hornpipe version properly for a while but haven't got round to it yet.

# Posted on July 16th 2006 by tbag

ceolachan,

I admire (and appreciate) your restraint in not adding the >>>>s. All those dots give me a headache. I generally just assume that all hornpipes should sound like 'doo-key doo-key doo-key doo-key doo-key'. ;-)

Tim

# Posted on July 18th 2006 by tmcelrea

I'ts my underground and criminal history that has implanted the arrows on my handiwork... ;-)

# Posted on July 18th 2006 by ceolachan

Ah, I see. I suppose I'm just not that edgy (Touchy, perhaps, but edgy? No.)

# Posted on July 20th 2006 by tmcelrea

;-)

# Posted on July 20th 2006 by tmcelrea

Kit O'Mahoney's - Another Option

I've always known Kit O'Mahoney's as a hornpipe but here it's played as a jig and in the key of "C" rather than "G". It's on the Comhaltas site over at http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_229_2_bronwyn_de_paor/ and is also another example of the great music being played by today's younger musicians.

# Posted on October 24th 2007 by Bannerman

Re: Kit O'Mahoney's - Another Option

The hornpipe version was posted by Ceolachan here at http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5970

# Posted on October 24th 2007 by Bannerman

Kit O'Mahoney's - Version from Edel Fox

Here's a transcription of the version Edel Fox played on the Clare FM Kitchen Sessions in November 2007. I ran out of patience trying to work out the cuts in the B part and couldn't figure out the chords she used (her concertina has a few more buttons than mine and perhaps a different layout on the 3rd row). There are also some variations the 2nd time through (eg. substituting a high a in place of the f/f/ in the 7th bar of the A part.

T:Kit O'Mahoney's
R:Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:4/4
S:Edel Fox from the Clare FM Kitchen Sessions, 2007
Z:Gary Martin
K:GMaj
dc|{d}BdBG ABAG|{A}FGAB {e}cAFA|BGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc||
{d}BdBG ABAG|FGAB cAFA|DGBd cAGF|DDG2 G2dc|
{d}BdBd AdAG|FGAB cA ag|ff/f/fd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D||
GABc d2g2|defd cAGF|GABc ddef|gagf d2ef|
gBdg fAdf|efed ^cd (3efg|fafd cAGF|DDG2 GDB,D|]

# Posted on December 16th 2007 by GaryAMartin

Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe

The version given here is a little different from the "original" as published by O'Neill (no. 838 in DMoI). I say original because Kit O'Mahoney was O'Neill's mother!

The version in O'Neill tune makes the tune's ultimate identity with the "minor" (i.e. Dorian) English Hornpipe called the Sportsman's (or Oldham) Hornpipe even clearer.

# Posted on October 24th 2010 by phil heheir

Played with West Of The Hill (aka The Chancellor)

http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_291_4_mary_crowley_on_piano_accordion/

West of the Hill: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2687/comments

# Posted on February 2nd 2011 by Resodan

"Kit O'Mahoney's Hornpipe" ~ with >>>>'s, after incarceration...& headers

# Posted on May 6th 2012 by ceolachan