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|f_annotation=''' | |f_annotation='''MISS MAHON'S (HORNPIPE).''' AKA and see "[[Paddy O'Brien's]]," "[[Seán Ryan's Hornpipe (2)]]," "[[Trip to Vermont]]." AKA - "McMahon's Hornpipe," "[[James McMahon's Hornpipe]]." Irish Hornpipe (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was composed to County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan, who did not have a title for it. Although it appears in Brian Ryan's collection of the compositions of his father, '''The Hidden Ireland''', and in Eamon Jordan's '''Whistle and Sing''' as "McMahon's Hornpipe", this title for the tune is probably a miss-hearing or a printer's error. Seán's tune was commonly known as "Miss Mahon's" in the 1950's and 1960's<ref>Information regarding the confusion of attribution and title comes from a personal communication by Fr. John Quinn, Jan., 2021. </ref>, and it is likely that the name 'Miss Mahon's' morphed into "McMahon's" erroneously. Further compounding the confusion, in Cyril Maguire's collection '''The Hidden Fermanagh''' (2003) the hornpipe is attributed to a specific 'McMahon', County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon (and appears as "James McMahon's Hornpipe"), although there is no evidence for this link. | ||
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Seán Ryan himself recorded the hornpipe with Peter Carberry in 1961 on their LP "Traditional Music from Ireland, vol. 2", where it is listed as "Seán Ryan's." Bulmer & Sharpley '''Music from Ireland, vol. 1''' (1974) also gives the title as "[[Seán Ryan's]]," probably picking up from this recording. Collector and field recordist Peter Kennedy recorded a version in the field in 1958 played by accordion player Jimmy Hogan, with the title given as "[[Paddy O'Brien's]]. O'Brien was a first cousin to Seán Ryan, and it seems likely Ryan's hornpipe was in O'Brien's repertory. | |||
The "[[Trip to Vermont]]" title comes from a 1974 album by Seamus Cooley and fiddler Johnny McGreevey, while the "[[Paddy O'Brien's]]" title is from a 1958 field recording of accordion player Jimmy Hogan made by Peter Kennedy. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. | |f_source_for_notated_version=New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. | ||
|f_printed_sources=Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 264, p. 81. Jordan ('''Whistle and Sing'''), 1975; 62. | |f_printed_sources=Harker ('''300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty'''), 2005; No. 264, p. 81. Jordan ('''Whistle and Sing'''), 1975; 62. | ||
Revision as of 19:16, 6 January 2021
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MISS MAHON'S (HORNPIPE). AKA and see "Paddy O'Brien's," "Seán Ryan's Hornpipe (2)," "Trip to Vermont." AKA - "McMahon's Hornpipe," "James McMahon's Hornpipe." Irish Hornpipe (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune was composed to County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan, who did not have a title for it. Although it appears in Brian Ryan's collection of the compositions of his father, The Hidden Ireland, and in Eamon Jordan's Whistle and Sing as "McMahon's Hornpipe", this title for the tune is probably a miss-hearing or a printer's error. Seán's tune was commonly known as "Miss Mahon's" in the 1950's and 1960's[1], and it is likely that the name 'Miss Mahon's' morphed into "McMahon's" erroneously. Further compounding the confusion, in Cyril Maguire's collection The Hidden Fermanagh (2003) the hornpipe is attributed to a specific 'McMahon', County Fermanagh flute player James McMahon (and appears as "James McMahon's Hornpipe"), although there is no evidence for this link.
Seán Ryan himself recorded the hornpipe with Peter Carberry in 1961 on their LP "Traditional Music from Ireland, vol. 2", where it is listed as "Seán Ryan's." Bulmer & Sharpley Music from Ireland, vol. 1 (1974) also gives the title as "Seán Ryan's," probably picking up from this recording. Collector and field recordist Peter Kennedy recorded a version in the field in 1958 played by accordion player Jimmy Hogan, with the title given as "Paddy O'Brien's. O'Brien was a first cousin to Seán Ryan, and it seems likely Ryan's hornpipe was in O'Brien's repertory.
The "Trip to Vermont" title comes from a 1974 album by Seamus Cooley and fiddler Johnny McGreevey, while the "Paddy O'Brien's" title is from a 1958 field recording of accordion player Jimmy Hogan made by Peter Kennedy.
- ↑ Information regarding the confusion of attribution and title comes from a personal communication by Fr. John Quinn, Jan., 2021.