Annotation:Tullamore Harbour
X: 1 T:Tullamore Harbour C:? John Brady F:file ID mvbt2/064tull_h D:"New Broom" (Mike Rafferty - Willie Kelly 2009) Z:bill@capeirish.com Q:160 M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig K:G D|G2B dBG|gaf gdB|g2d edB|edB AFD| G2B dBG|gaf gdB|DFA dcA|GAF G2 :| D|GBd gfg|dgb gdB|ecA BAG|FAF DEF| GBd gfg|dgb gdB|DFA dcA|AGF G2 :|
TULLAMORE HARBOUR. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody has been attributed to Irish fiddler Dan Cleary (1918-2004), of Ballinamere, County Offaly, and independently to John Brady of Co. Offaly. Cleary played a number of instruments, including the uilleann pipes, piano and tin whistle, and was a member of a number of céili bands in the mid-20th century, notably the Ballinamere Céili Band, which won All-Ireland titles in the mid-1950’s. Like “Trip to Durrow”, another of Cleary’s compositions, this tune may stem from Cleary’s days as a young man with the Colmcille Céili Band, of Durrow, Co. Offaly, who played regularly in the Forresters Hall in Tullamore (see Treoir, vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, pp. 37-38). John Brady was a flute player and a member of the Longridge Ceili Band.
The 'harbour' referred to in the title is a canal harbor, as County Offally is landlocked with Tullamore almost at the center of of Ireland.
