Ashmolean House

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on June 6th 2002 by Josh Kane.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Also known as Ash Maley House, Ashmalean House, Ashmaleen House, O'Sullivan's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Roof For The Rain by Greenfire
• Augusta: 20 Years Of Irish Music Recorded Live At The Augusta Heritage Center by Various Artists
• Donkey's Years by The Roaring Donkey Sessions
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Molly's Revenge Four by Molly's Revenge
• My Love Is In America by Shaskeen
• New Day Dawning by Cherish The Ladies
• No Matter How Cold And Wet You Are by Craobh Rua
• One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
• Set Dancing Downunder by The Coast Ceili Band
• The Celtic Album by Boston Pops
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The Invasion by Jerry O'Sullivan
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Various Artists
• The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master by Padraig O'Keefe
• The Smoky Chimney by Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae
• Track Across The Deep by London Lasses And Pete Quinn
• Turas Go Tir Na NOg by Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh

X: 1
T: Ashmolean House
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: AF~F2 EDBA | D2ED FA~A2 | defd efdB | AFDE FEE2 |
AF~F2 EDBA | D2ED FAA2 | ABde dBA2 | BDEG FDD2 :||
|: defg a~a2b | afdf edBA | defg a2ab | afdf e2eg |
fd~d2 Addf | edAd e2fe | dBAF BA~A2 | BDEG FDD2:||

Anybody have any info on the title of this tune?

# Posted on June 6th 2002 by Brad Maloney

Ashmolean House

Hi Brad. Kevin Crawford and James Cullinan play this on "In Good Company," track 17. The liner notes say it was composed by Belfast (originally from Derrylin, County Fermanagh) fiddler Tommy Gunn. He was one of the founders of the band Boys of the Lough. But that's all I know. Don't suppose that gets you any closer to knowing much about the title....

# Posted on June 6th 2002 by Miss Lonelyhearts

There is an Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, not that that explains anything, but it's such a strange name, there may well be a link. I can, however, supply a little piece of Tommy Gunn-related trivia for all you trad music / movie fans. Look in the end credits on Irish or Irish-themed movies for the dialogue coach Brendan Gunn. He is a son of Tommy, and a very good fiddler himself. Brendan it was who supplied Brad Pitt with his almost impenetrable traveller's accent in the film "Snatch".

# Posted on June 7th 2002 by LongNote

Mm hmm.

"Snatch"...now THAT's a good movie.

# Posted on June 18th 2002 by Josh Kane

Jerry O'Sullivan recorded it on his first solo effort, "The Invasion" as the second half of a pair of reels that starts with "The Chorus Reel", an abbreviated and slightly modified version of "The Glen Road to Carrick". He's backed by Seamus Egan on tenor banjo and they play pretty much note for note and ornament for ornament. It's a real technical display and an interesting contrast in timbres - the pipes with their sustain, the banjo with its nearly instant decay.

# Posted on July 25th 2003 by Hanley

Ashmolean House

The flute/pipes version can't get down to the low As and Bs, but other instruments can, and it sounds nice:

|:B|AF~F2 EDB,A,|D2 (3FED FA~A2|defd e2dB|AFDE FEEB|
AF~F2 EDB,A,|D2 (3FED FAAB|ABde dBAF|A,CEG FDD:|
|:A|defg ~a3b|afdf eBBA|defg ~a3b|afdf e3g|
fd~d2 Ad~d2|ed (3Bcd effe|dBAF A2AF|A,CEG FDD:|

# Posted on July 2nd 2004 by Dow

Maybe |A,B,DE FDD2| is better as an ending since it's hexatonic no C#s for the rest of the tune.

# Posted on July 3rd 2004 by Dow

Crawford says he learned this tune from Willie Kelly, who is about 30 mins from me and hosted the last session I went to. I thought that was a cool tidbit of info, it is like 6 degrees of Kevin Crawford.

# Posted on February 3rd 2006 by Why Bother?