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'''BANKS OF THE ILEN, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Midnight Maid (The)]]" and "[[Six Mile Bridge]]." Irish, Reel or Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill prints the tune as a hornpipe, though it is most often heard now-a-days as a reel. It is known in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border as "[[Seanbhean na | |f_annotation='''BANKS OF THE ILEN, THE.''' AKA and see "[[Midnight Maid (The)]]" "[[Queens County Lasses (The)]]," "[[New Tobacco (The)]]," "[[Seanbhean na gCártaí]]," and "[[Six Mile Bridge (1)]]." Irish, Reel or Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill prints the tune (named for the river in Co. Cork that passes by Skibbereen) as a hornpipe, though it is most often heard now-a-days as a reel. It is known in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border as "[[Seanbhean na gCártaí]]," or "[[Tom Billy's]]." Rendered as a double jig, the tune appears under the title "[[Humors of Drinagh (1) (The)]]." Peter Kennedy sees relatedness with his "[[Humors of Six Mile Bridge]]." Versions of the reel appear in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon [[biography:James Goodman|James Goodman]] under the titles “[[Midnight Maid (The)]]” and "[[Queens County Lasses (The)]]," and in the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]] as "[[New Tobacco (The)]]." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version=Connie O'Connell (County Cork) [Beisswenger]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Drew Beisswenger with Connie O'Connell ('''Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry'''), 2012; p. 90. Flaherty ('''Trip to Sligo'''), 1994; 15. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 334, p. 165. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 90 (reel). O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1592, p. 295 (hornpipe). O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 837, p. 144. '''Kerr's First Collection of Merry Melodies for the Violin''', n.d., No. 15 in section of "Irish Reels for Quadrilles and Country Dances," p. 35 (as "Six Mile Bridge"). | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Paddy Taylor - "The Boy in the Gap" (reel version). Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter." Shanachie 79044, Tommy Peoples - "The Iron Man." | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [https://www.irishtune.info/tune/121/]<br> | |||
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BANKS OF THE ILEN, THE. AKA and see "Midnight Maid (The)" "Queens County Lasses (The)," "New Tobacco (The)," "Seanbhean na gCártaí," and "Six Mile Bridge (1)." Irish, Reel or Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill prints the tune (named for the river in Co. Cork that passes by Skibbereen) as a hornpipe, though it is most often heard now-a-days as a reel. It is known in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border as "Seanbhean na gCártaí," or "Tom Billy's." Rendered as a double jig, the tune appears under the title "Humors of Drinagh (1) (The)." Peter Kennedy sees relatedness with his "Humors of Six Mile Bridge." Versions of the reel appear in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon James Goodman under the titles “Midnight Maid (The)” and "Queens County Lasses (The)," and in the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier as "New Tobacco (The)."
