The Killavil

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 1st 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 159 tunebooks.

Also known as Cill Abhail, The Killavel, Killavil, The Killavill, The Killaville, Road To Killavil, The Road To Killavil, The Road To Killvail, The Trip To Kilavil, Trip To Killavel, The Trip To Killavel, The Trip To Killavil, The Trip To Killavill.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
A Sound Skin by Junior Davey And Friends
An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
At It Again by John Carty
At The End Of The Day by Dervish
Bosca Bideach by Micheal Darby O Fatharta
Call The Tune: Music For The Sets Volume 4 by Various Artists
Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) by John Whelan
Come Dance With Me In Ireland by Various Artists
Cuckanandy by Moving Cloud
Draiocht by Michael Rooney And June McCormack
Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
Folk Music And Dances Of Ireland by Various Artists
Gogarty's Music II: A Decade On by Various Artists
Jane Blair And William MacMorran by Jane MacMorran
Live At Trinity Hall by Trinity Hall Session Players
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples
Melodeon by John Gannon
Memoire Celte by Broken String
Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston by Michelle O Brien, Aogan Lynch And Gavin Ralston
Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
Music Of Sligo by Peter Horan And Fred Finn
Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
On Oiche Go Maidin by O'aces
One's Own Place by Kevin Henry
Reel Irish by Kasír
Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
Take A Bow by Matt Cranitch
The Bardic Moods Of Music by Abhan Trireach
The Blue Bottle by InisFail
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
The McDonaghs Of Ballinafad And Friends by Larry And Michael Joe McDonagh
The Merry Love To Play by Peter Horan And Gerry Harrington
The Mountain Road by Various Artists
The Phantom Shadows Of A Connaught Fire (3 Of 3) by Seamus Tansey
The Sound Of Coleman Country by Various Artists
The Story So Far by John Creavan
Three Shouts From A Hill by Cian
Traditional Irish Music On Button Accordion by Patty Furlong
Traditional Music From East Clare by Mary MacNamara
Traditional Music In Support Of Doolin Coast And Cliff Rescue Service by Various Artists
Tuned Up by Brendan Mulholland, Brendan Hendry, Paul McSherry
Valiant by The Sevens
Whirlwind by Brian Hughes
With Friends Like These by James Keane
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 2 by Various Artists

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Trip to Killavil

I learnt this initially from Mary Macnamara.
Her setting is in the softer more lilty playing of East Clare.
Not being a great lover of over embellished or ornamented tunes, it is just lovely played in that East Clare way. And sometimes more on the slow side. I've slowed 'Bundle and Go' and now play these as a set. It suits the fiddle well played in this way....getting away from 'everything has to be played fast'!!

# Posted on January 12th 2003 by Susie-Lee

Keys and Modes

The absence of C's or C#'s in the notation implies the possibility of the key of D. E dorian seems to work (I've seen a transcription that lend itself even more toward the E dorian side... including C#'s).

# Posted on January 23rd 2003 by Schy

Both are possible, but of the 2, I find myself hearing it in E dorian more, because a chord of A major sounds nice at the end of each part...

# Posted on January 23rd 2003 by Dow

Killavil

This jig comes from the Sligo area and normally follows Brendan Tonra's (sometimes referred to as Tone Rowe's). It's reputed to have got its title when it was played by Brendan Tonra and the late great Sligo fiddler, Fred Finn at a session in Killavil who, because they had no name for it, decided to call it after the village!

# Posted on October 6th 2003 by Bannerman

Killavil Jig

I note that the posting of the Killavil I submitted has been removed and the comments re-directed here. However, I thought that the setting was sufficiently different to warrant a posting in its own right so as the next best thing I'll post it here in the comments!

BEE BEE|Bdf edB|BAF FEF|DFA BAF|BEE BEE|Bdf edB|BAB dAF|FED E3:||
e2f gfe|faf edB|BAF FEF|DFA dBA|e2f gfe|faf edB|BAB dAF|FED E3:||

# Posted on October 6th 2003 by Bannerman

Killavil

I'm wondering where Josh's version of the tune come from. It's a fairly unusual setting. I prefer Bannerman's standard session setting.

# Posted on June 15th 2004 by slainte

Trip ti Killavil by Cian

Note: The same version is on Wooden Flute Obsession Volume 2, Disc 1 played by Thomas Bernard Ryan

# Posted on February 22nd 2005 by gian marco

"The Trip To Killavil" ~ all in the family

Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on May 6th 2005 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4472

# Posted on December 19th 2005 by ceolachan

I've noticed if you transpose the A-part of the (unusual) original posting into Ador you almost get the A-part of the Blue Idol http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2352.

# Posted on May 1st 2006 by Dow

nope, caught my mistake. Cill Abhail is the translation, meaning church of something (either Prosperity, apple tree, or Saint Abhail, who I've never heard of).
With this in mind the pronunciation is kill-AW-vill

Thus proving once and for all that it's a good thing to know Irish.

# Posted on July 19th 2008 by DonallDubh