Bridge of Athlone (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	115L3 2242
Also known as	Ironbridge Hornpipe (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1721, p. 320.
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Joe Derrane
Title of recording	Return to Inis Mor
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet GLCD 1163
Year recorded	1996
Media
Score ()

BRIDGE OF ATHLONE [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Settings also in G major. The hornpipe was famously recorded on 78 RPM by Sligo fiddle great Michael Coleman in New York. Coleman's setting shifts to F major in first few bars of the the second part, though the notation in O'Neill's book retained two flats throughout.

Peter Kennedy incorporated the tune into a quadrille piece called "Princess Margaret's Fancy." The hornpipe appears in the c. 1837 music manuscript collection of Shropshire musician John Moore, who called the tune "Ironbridge Hornpipe (The)."

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 202. Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 16-17. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1721, p. 320.

Recorded source: Decca 12056A 78 rpm disc, Michael Coleman with pianist Eileen O'Shea (1935); Green Linnet GLCD 1163, Joe Derrane - "Return to Inis Mor" (1996).

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T:The Bridge of Athlone [2]
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L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1721
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
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