Joe Ryan's

hornpipe

Key signature: Adorian

Submitted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Also known as O Rahilly Of Athcarne, O'Reilly From Aithcairne, O'Reilly Of Aithcairne, O'Reilly Of Athcarne, Paddy O'Brien's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
A Compilation by Natalie MacMaster
A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
A Small Island (Traditional Music From Cork) by Brid Cranitch, Vince Milne And Pat Sullivan
A Tribute To John McKenna by Mick Woods
Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
An Fhidil by Various Artists
An Ph by Dicky Deegan
Around St. James' Well by Carmel Gunning
Beal A' Mhurlaigh by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Ceann Eile Le D'Thoil by Larre Reeves And John Coyne
Celtic Ceili by Various Artists
Ceol Conamara by Various Artists
Crossroads Céilí by The Temple House Ceili Band
Dance Music Of Ireland: Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Dancing To Jigs And Reels by Various Artists
Deireadh An Fh by Declan Masterson
Devenish by Mick Heffernan, Niall O'Callanain, Brid Donnelly And Cillian O'Briann
Drops Of Brandy by Sean McAloon And John Rea
First Flight by Gerald Trimble
Fresh Takes by John Whelan And Eileen Ivers
Hand-Me-Downs by Mary Rafferty
Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
In Safe Hands by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music by Kevin Taylor
Irish Traditional Music (on Uilleann Pipes, Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle, Flute And Whistle) by Various Artists
Jigs, Reels And Airs by Seamus Tansey
Jumping Ahead by Harriet Earis
Long Distance by Nancy Conescu And Friends
Maiden Voyage by Various Artists
Musical Delights From Ireland by Comhaltas Tour Group 1998
Na Draiodoiri by Na Draiodoiri
Northern Tradition by Mary Mulholland
One More Time by McComiskey, Mulvihill And McLeod
Pride Of Erin by Under-18 All-Ireland Champions
Ring The Bell ... Run Like Hell by Midnight Court
Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
So Far by Eileen Ivers
Tap Of The Foot by Just Us
Temple House 2 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Back Door by Cherish The Ladies
The Branch Line by Jack And Charlie Coen
The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
The Complete Works Of Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) - Disc 5 by J.J. Sheridan
The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
The Mad Skeleton by Fianna
The Magpies's Nest by John G. Walsh
The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
The Times We've Had by The Irish Tradition
They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
Traditional Dance Music Of Ireland by Various Artists
Trian by Trian
Turning Of The Tide by Fresh Fish
Up She Flew by Dana Lyn
Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb
With Eugene O'Donnell by Mick Moloney

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

I heard this set dance on a recording of a house concert, played solo on concertina by Claire Keville. She didn't have a name for it, but said she had learned it from Joe Ryan. It bears a strong resemblance to "The Hills of Coore" by Junior Crehan, but there are enough melodic differences -- as well as a 12-bar second part -- to, in my opinion, qualify it as a distinct tune. It may, however, merely be a set dance version of "Coore."

In transcribing this, I've left out a couple nice concertina touches that likely wouldn't translate to other instruments. For example, Ms. Keville played an E (left hand, C-row) instead of the final B in the first and fifth bars of the A-part. She also substituted an A (left hand, C-row) for the final G in the third bar of the B-part. And she played some beautiful octaves on the G, E and Cs in the B-part.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

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# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by Dr. Dow

You're right, Dow, and I was going to fix it but it looks like Jeremy already has! Funny, I ran it through ABC Navigator and it sounded fine.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

And now, of course, those concertina note substitutions I mentioned fall in the 2nd and 6th bars of the A-part, and 4th bar of the B-part.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by alec b

Carolan

This is a Carolan tune. If I recall correctly, Joe Ryan heard it from Paddy (Offaly/Minnesota) O'Brien who had arranged it as a set dance in hornpipe time.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by tedium

Paddy O'Brien's

This is called Paddy O'Brien's on Joe Ryan's CD - An Buachaill Dreoite. Great music.

# Posted on October 27th 2008 by the wounded hussar

"O'Reilly Of Athcarne" - rescued duplication

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by ceolachan

Paddy O'Brien's - This is on Joe Ryan's An Buachaill Dreoite as a hornpipe. It's an odd one though with it's second part twelve bars repeated as Joe played it. He got it from the Offaly Paddy O'Brien when they were both members of the Castle Ceiliband.

# Posted on June 5th 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofsky

This is on "Snug in the blanket" by Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans and Daithi Sproule with the name "O'Reilly of Athcarne (sp?) and O'Brien, somewhere, attributes it to O'Carolan. Fiddler's Companion does, too, and says its a planxty. Great tune, whatever.

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by reedy grins

O'Reily of Athcarne - Great, that seems to fit well. I thought it was a bit too regular in it's irregularity to class as a set dance but never thought of Carolan.

I actually went back to the CD to lift the tune he plays after it, the Few Bob, which came up the night before and I nearly had it. Typically I stumbled into another tune and learned that as well. Serendipity!

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofsky

Precisely what happened to me with this tune - found it by O'Brien et al on Spotify then had to learn the one that they play before it, a "clan march" written by O'Brien called The wee folks' revenge - another really "odd" one.

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by reedy grins

It's number 138 in Donal O'Sullivan's book on Carolan. He cites the Goodman manuscript in Trinity College as his source.

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by Weejie

O'Sullivan points out the similarity with 'The Cruiskeen Lawn' (first printed as 'Put In All' by Playford'), and doubts its credentials as a Carolan tune.

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by Weejie

# Posted on June 6th 2011 by ceolachan