Annotation:Bridge of Athlone (2) (The)
X:1 T:The Bridge of Athlone [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1721 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (3FGA|B2B2 F>Bd>B|c>Bc>d e>dc>B|A>Bc>d c>BA>G|(3FAc f>g f>ed>c| B>dF>B (3DFB d>B|e>gc>e (3FAc e>c|(3BAc (3BAG F2 G>A|B2 d2 B2:| |:A>B|c>fa>g (3feg f>e|d>fb>a g2 g>f|(3edc (3dcB (3afe (3dcB|(3FAc f>g f>ed>c| B>dF>B (3DFB d>B|e>gc>e (3FAc e>c|(3BAc (3BAG F2 G>A|B2 d2 B2:||
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)."