Annotation:Banks of the Ilen (The)

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BANKS OF THE ILEN, THE. AKA and see "Midnight Maid (The)." 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 gCartaí" 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." A version of the tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman under the title “Midnight Maid (The).”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: 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.

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."



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