Annotation:Maids of Tramore
X:1 T:Maids of Tramore M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Roche Collection, vol. 1, No. 129 (1912) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador eAA BAA|eAA ABd|eAA (B2A)|BGG GBd| eAA BAA|eAA ABd|efe dBA|BGG GBd:| |:gfg efg|fag fed|gfg efg|(e2d) efg| {a}gfg efg|fag fed|efe dBA|BGG GBd:|
MAIDS OF TRAMORE. AKA - "Maid of Tramore." AKA and see "Eviction (The)," "Harry's Loch," Kilfenora Lass," "New Glenath (The)," "Noonday Feast (The)," "Scatter the Mud (2)." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian/G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Tramore is a seaside place near the city of Waterford.
County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) entered the tune as an untitled jig in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection.
Ryan's/Cole's jig "Eviction (The)" is almost identical with "Maids of Tramore," and compares favorably with the version in Frank Roche's 1912 collection. Canon James Goodman's "New Glenath (The)" is also cognate in both strains. The first turn of "Maids of Tramore" (which Breathnach claims is faulty) is the same as that of "Scatter the Mud (2)" and "Noonday Feast (The)" although the second turn differs.
A one-volume tune collection compiled by fiddler Ted Furey has a note that "Kilfenora Lass" (an alternate title) was composed in County Wexford by one P.J. O'Leary around the year 1800. Furey thought O'Leary was a piper.
