Speed The Plough

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 18th 2002 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 190 tunebooks.

Also known as Cronin's, Cronin's Fancy, Cronin's Fancy Hornpipe, Cronin's Hornpipe, Mulvihill's, O'Keefe's, O'Keefe's Plough, Paddy Cronin's, Paddy Cronins, Speed Da Plough, Tom Billy's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

20th Feakle Festival: Reeling Through The Years by Various Artists
40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
A Few Tunes by John Skelton
A Tribute To Paddy Cronin... Master Irish Fiddler by Tom Dunne
Across The Pond by Kevin Griffin, Roger Burridge And Others
Along Blackwater's Banks by Sliabh Notes
An Buachaill Dreoite by Joe Ryan
An Gaoth Aduaidh - The North Wind by Various Artists
As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
áthas by áthas
Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
Bümpliz Süd by An Lar (An Lár)
Before Dawn by Harmony Glen
Best Of Irish Traditional Music by Sean McGuire And Roger Sherlock
Blue Room by Orion
Brathar Na NOl by Monks Of The Screw Trio
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Brock McGuire Band by Brock McGuire Band
Broken Hearted I'll Wander by Dolores Keane, John Faulkner And Eamonn Curran
Came The Dawn by Seamus Creagh
Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
Celtic Celebration by Dirk Freymuth
Celtic Collections, Vol. 5 - Fiddles Of Scotland by Various Artists
Celtic Contraband by Michel Bonamy
Celtic Crossing by William Coulter
Celtic Reels And Jigs - The Blackberry Blossom by Various Artists
Ceol A'Ghleanna by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
Ceol Agus Foinn : Music And Songs From The Willie Clancy Summer School by Various Artists
Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
Champion Of Champions by Sean Maguire
Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
Classics Of Irish Piping Volume 2 by William Andrews And Liam Walsh
Cold In April by Mat Walklate
Come To An Irish Dance Party by Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band.
Coppers And Brass by Dick Gaughan
Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
Craic Of Dawn by An Tor
Cronin And Burke by Johnny Cronin And Joe Burke
Crossing by Any Old Time
Crossing Point by Daimh
Culann's Hounds by Culann's Hounds
D Is For Dulcimer by Glenn Morgan
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 11 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 2 by Matt Cunningham
Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 4 by Matt Cunningham
Dancing Days by Chris Leslie
Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
Dawn In The Hills Of Ireland by Marty O'Keefe
Doublin' by Paddy Glackin And Paddy Keenan
Down From Bell Harbour by Chris Droney
Dragon Reels by Roger Landes
Eavesdropper by Kevin Burke And Jackie Daly
Echoes by Winnie Chafe
Elftones by The Elftones
Feadoga Stain by Mary Bergin
Fermanagh Ceili by Pride Of Erin Ceili Band
Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Finnegan's AWake by Finnegan's AWake
Foinn Seisiun 1 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
Foinn Seisiun 2 by Ceoltóirí Cultúrlainne
For The Same Reason by Anders Trabjerg And Tak Tamura
Forty Years Of Irish Piping by Seamus Ennis
From Leitrim To London by Brian Rooney
Gerry MacFadden by Gerry McFadden
Half-Set In Harlem by De Danann
Happy Days by Trad Lads
Hardcore English: 50 Tunes From Manuscript, Recorded And Aural Sources by Various Artists
Harmonic Motion by Slide
Harmony Hill by Dervish
Hill 16 by Hill 16
If The Cap Fits by Kevin Burke
In Company by Tom Walsh
Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 2 by Waltons Recording
Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
Irish Traditional Music Of County Clare by Bernard O'Sullivan And Tommy McMahon
Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
Jack In The Box Irish Session by Tionol
Kathleen Keane by Kathleen Keane
Kerry Fiddles - Fiddle Music From Sliabh Luachra by Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford
Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin by Paddy Cronin
Killultagh by Killultagh
King Of The Melodeon Men by Jimmy Shand
Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
Lifescapes Celtic Fiddle by Various Artists
Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
Live Recordings From The William Kennedy Piping Festival by Various Artists
Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
Macalla Na H�ige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
Master Irish Fiddle Player by Tommy Peoples
Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples by Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples
Melodic Journeys by James Kelly
Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
Mick Mulcahy by Mick Mulcahy
Mick Mulcahy And Friends by Mick Mulcahy
Mind The Pipes by Leonard Barry
Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
Music For The Set by Johnny O'Leary
Music From Sliabh Luachra by Denis Murphy
Musical Memories by Tom Dunne And Joe Banjo Burke
Musiques Traditionnelles D'Irlande by The Crickard Brothers
My Love Is In America by Shaskeen
No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
Noel Hill And Tony Linnane by Noel Hill And Tony Linnane
Noonday Feast by Joe Shannon And Johnny McGreevy
Northumberland Rant by Various Artists
On The Fly by Patrick Street
On TSean - Am Anall by Danny O'Donnell
On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
One And All: The Best Of Cherish The Ladies by Cherish The Ladies
Orion by Orion
Out And About by Cherish The Ladies
Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
Part II: Fire In Our Hearts by Na Connerys
Passing Time by Mary And Jim Coogan
Pay The Piper: Music For The Sets Volume 3 by Various Artists
PJ Wallace And Friends by PJ Wallace
Pluckin' Good by Christy Dunne
Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
Rabharta by Feenish
Rian by Liam O'Maonlai
Round The House And Mind The Dresser: Irish Country House Dance Music by Various Artists
Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
Selected Jigs Reels And Songs by De Danann
Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume II by Various Artists
Set Dances Of Ireland: Music For Listening And Dancing by Various Artists
Shadows On Stone by Matt Molloy
Shetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
Shoreside by Gordon Gunn Band
Sneeze by Heyfeva
Sounds From The Atlantic by Innisheer
Stark Ravin' by Roy Johnstone
Step This Way by David Lindquist
Stepping Up: English Country Dance Music by Various Artists
Streetlife by Patrick Street
Sunday After Mass by Denis O Connor And Con Moynihan
Tempered by Last Night's Fun
Temple House 1 by Temple House Ceili Band
The Best Of De Danann by De Danann
The Best Of Irish Jigs And Reels Vol.1 by Various Artists
The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The Bluebell Polka by Jimmy Shand
The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
The Chieftains 4 by The Chieftains
The Coming Of Spring by Cliff Moses
The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
The Flute Players Of Roscommon - Vol 1 by Various Artists
The Frost Is All Over by Paul McGrattan
The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples And Daithi Sproule
The Killaville Sessions by Ceoltoiri Coleman
The Lake Of Learning by Tim O'Shea And Friends
The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
The Mason's Apron by Sully
The Master's Choice by Bobby Gardiner
The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
The Mist Covered Mountain by De Danann
The Mouse Behind The Dresser by Shaskeen
The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
The Rushy Mountain: Classic Music From Sliabh Luachra 1952-77 by Various Artists
The Ships Are Sailing by Comhaltas Concert Tour Group 1978
The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master by Padraig O'Keefe
The Star Above The Garter by Denis Murphy And Julia Clifford
The Star Of Munster Trio by The Star Of Munster Trio
The Strathspey King by James Scott Skinner
The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
The Wandering Minstrel by Seamus Ennis
The Well Below The Valley by Planxty
The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
Time To Time by Gerry O'Connor
To Hell With The Begrudgers by Seamus Tansey And Jim McKillop
Touch Me If You Dare by Ronan Browne And Peter O'Loughlin
Traditional Irish Dance Music by Various Artists
Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
Traditional Irish Music From London by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
Traditional Irish Music Played On The Fiddle by Tommy Peoples
Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry by Jimmy Doyle And Dan O'Leary
Travel 'n Style by Martin Nolan
Tree by Gaelic Storm
Two Champions: Irish Traditional Music At Its Best. by Sean McGuire And Joe Burke
Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
Unleashed by The Border Collies
Upon My Soul by James Carty
Water From The Well by The Chieftains
Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists
Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
Yvonne Casey by Yvonne Casey

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Speed the plough

Source: Paul McGrattan (album: "The Frost is All Over")
Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta

# Posted on August 18th 2002 by gian marco

The name Speed the Plough has a few tunes to its credit. One is a tune popular in Scotland with Country Dance bands and in England with Morris dancers. Another is an Irish tune, related to the Anglo-Scottish one, also known by a few other names, including Croghan Hill. The tune posted here, however, appears to be completely unrelated to either of the other two. I wonder how many of the recordings listed actually feature this tune.

# Posted on August 21st 2002 by granama

A New England source book calls this tune Cronin's Fancy Hornpipe.

trevor

# Posted on November 24th 2002 by lazyhound

Here is the ABC notation for the version on track 7 of The Chieftain's 3. They played it in C, but I've transposed it to the more common key of D. If anyone wants it in C, I can post it.

# Posted on February 28th 2004 by turophile

T:Cronin's
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Tansey Seamus & Jim McKillop - to hell with the begrudgers
R:reel
Z:GianMarcoPietrasanta
K:D
d3A BF~F2|BFAF EFDA|FA~A2 GA(3BAG|A2de fee2|
faaf edBc|dBAF FEDE|~F3A GA(3BAG|1A2de fedc:|2A2de fedf||
~a2fa ~g2eg|fedf eb~b2|abgb afdB|ABde fee2|
fgaf ~g3b|f2df edBA|FA~A2 GA(3BAG|A2de fedf||
~a2fa ~g2eg|fefa edBA|~a3b af~f2|afde feeg|
fa~a2 gbfb|f2df edBA|FA~A2 GA(3BAG|A2de fedf||

# Posted on April 6th 2005 by gian marco

TradLessons

There's a beautiful tutorial of this tune here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guzf-n94z_s&feature=related

# Posted on January 6th 2008 by dieghino