Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 1671 (Richard Brennan's)

RhythmBars8-bar phrase structureMode
Double jig32AABBD Major
Transcription of first 2 bars of Richard Brennan's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording MC (details in the Discography below).

Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Richard Brennan's / Richard Brennan's Favourite / Brennan's Favourite / Paddy O'Carroll's / Bad Luck to this Marching / Exile's Lament / Origin of Ireland / Shaun Maguire's / Tell Her I Am (compare as reel #5146)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
~19222.6#2[MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle).View album details
~198010#1[MMlny] Mick Moloney. Strings Attached. Mick Moloney (banjo, mandolin, guitar).View album details
~19892.6#2[JK 1] James Kelly. "Capel Street". James Kelly (fiddle).View album details
~20088#2[TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #986 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #202 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
On page 33 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]
On page 56 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
On page 8 of [TP] Tommy Peoples. Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes. [available]
As jig #69 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #19 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As tune #173 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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