Bridge of Portumna (The)

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Theme code Index	3542 5L111
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Martin Mulhaire
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	ABC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Josephine Keegan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Drop in the Ocean (A)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 256
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Martin Mulhaire, Biography:Séamus Connolly, Biography:Jack Coen, Biography:Felix Dolan
Title of recording	Warming Up
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet GLCD 1135
Year recorded	1993
Media
Score ()

BRIDGE OF PORTUMNA. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Composed by accordion player Martin Mulhaire, originally from Eyrecourt, County Galway a veteran of the Aughrim Slopes, Killimor and Tulla Ceili Band in his youth. He emigrated to the United States around 1960, and has long been a resident of Queens. The bridge near Portumna, Galway, spans the River Shannon. A wooden structure erected in 1795, but dilapidated by the mid-1800's, was replaced by a sturdier stone span that allowed river traffic to pass under.

X: 1
T: Bridge of Portumna
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 350
R: reel
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
C: M. Mulhaire
K: A
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c2 ec dcBA | EAAG A3 B | cAeA aAeA | Bd=GB d2 cd ||
e2 ae beae | (3efe ae d2 cd | B=g g2 bg g2 | edBc d2 cd |
e2 ae beae | (3efe ae d2 cd | B=g g2 bg g2 | edBc d2 ed ||
ceAc eAce | aeca ecae | fedc dcBA | GABc dfed |
ceAc eAce | aeca ecae | fedc dfaf | ecdB A4 ||