Annotation:Ryan's Rant

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RYAN’S RANT (Siamsaíocht an Rianaigh). Irish, Scottish; Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Breathnach): AABBCCDD (Kerr). The tune has a long history, dating at least to the beginning of the 19th century when it was printed by Dublin music publisher Morris/Maurice Hime in his Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 2 (1804, No. 23). The tune was entered in the music manuscript collection of the Gunn family of County Fermanagh (1865) as a two part tune, and in County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier's 1883 copybook under the title “Ray's Rant.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - from fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (Farnaght, County Letirim), whose collection dates from the 1880's [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ IV) 1996; No. 136, p. 67. Hime (Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 2), 1804; No. 23. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880’s; No. 140, p. 17.

Recorded sources: - Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Téada – “Ainneoin na stoirme / In spite of the storm “ (2013).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]