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The Road To Lisdoonvarna

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on August 24th 2001 by glauber.

This tune has been added to 211 tunebooks.

Also known as All The Way To Galway, Flash Away The Pressing Gang, Road To Listonvarna, Sonny Brogan's, Tinker's Wife.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Fig For A Kiss by Providence
A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
Aleanna by Aleanna
American Special by Stockton's Wing
An Feochan by Philippe Barnes
Banish Misfortune by Malcolm Dalglish And Grey Larsen
Bohola by Bohola
Buried Treasure Of The Toucan Pirates by Toucan Pirates
Castles In The Sky (Celtic Music) by Allan Alexander And Michael Carlito
Celtic Harp II: From A Distant Time by Patrick Ball
Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
Close To Home by Dónal Clancy
Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
Cuaichin Ghleann Neifin (The Little Cuckoo Of Glen Nephin) by David Power
Fidil by Ciarán Ó Maonaigh And Aidan O'Donnell
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
Fourmilehouse by Alan And John Kelly
In Season by Wild Asparagus
Instrumental by Franz Sanger And Susan Frances
Jefferson And Liberty by The Itinerant Band
La Veillée Des Veillées by Various Artists
Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
Old Hag You Have Killed Me by The Bothy Band
Ragairne Revelling At Night by Seamus Begley
Raise The Rafters by Raise The Rafters
Rattlin' Banjos (part 2) by David McNevin
Samhradh by Abisko
Shatter The Calm by Dan Beimborn
Slowplay Jigs, Reels And Hornpipes by Jeffrey Hillgrove
Southwind by Glenn Morgan
Spirit Of The Isles: A Concert For Beltane by Various Artists
Sporting Nell by Tommy McCarthy
Standing Stones by The Crossing
Star Of Ireland by Finbarr Dwyer
Step This Way by David Lindquist
Stockton's Wing by Stockton's Wing
Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers by Solas
Sweet Nyaa by Moving Cloud
Sweeter As The Years Roll By by James Keane
Take The Bull By The Horns by Tom Doherty
The Ale Is Dear by Clandestine
The Celtic Harp by The Chieftains
The Chieftains 3 by The Chieftains
The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
The Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)
The Hour Before Dawn by Solas
The Humours Of Lewisham, Volume Three by Aidan Crossey
The Living Wood by Maire Ni Chathasaigh And Chris Newman
The Night Rambler's Companion by Harry Bradley
The Road To Riley by Riley School Of Irish Music
The Stone In The Field by Tommy Reck
They Sailed Away From Dublin Bay by Liam Farrell And Joe Whelan
Your Daughters And Your Sons by The Duhks

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This is how i know this tune

This is the reel version that i've heard of this tune. It seems to be better known as a slide. I've also seen it as a straight jig, but i think it sounds strange that way.

# Posted on August 24th 2001 by glauber

On the Bothy Band album "Old Hag", the reel Road to Lisdoonvarna is played (part of the track called Michael Gorman's), followed by another reel whose name I have not been able to find - any one know it?

# Posted on January 27th 2005 by simon boyes

Look it up

Simon, queries such as this can often be solved by looking up "comments" for the appropriate album in the "Recordings" section. It's known as "Molly Ban", or "Fair-haired Molly", although I have heard it referred to as "Gorman's", possibly being given this name as a result of the "Bothy Band " recording.

# Posted on January 27th 2005 by Kenny

Road To Lisdoonvarna / All The Way To Galway

This must be a very old tune because I can find many variants of it which differ in the following ways:

A) different titles (Road To Lisdoonvarna, All The Way To Galway, High Road To Galloway, Slash Away The Pressing Gang)
B) different tune genres including reel, slide, jig, march, air, fling, strathspey etc
C) parts swapped
D) different modes (Dmix, Ddor, Dmaj, Edor etc for one or both parts).

Another version that seems to be common (apart from Glauber's posted version and the slide setting) is entitled All The Way To Galway and surfaces as either a 2/4 march (also appears in O'Neill's) or a very flingy reel:

# Posted on June 13th 2005 by Dow

The midi

Doesn't have any sound!! This is frustrating for people who learn music by ear!! =)

# Posted on April 29th 2006 by tin_whistler

The Midi!

Nevrmind!!! This is what I get for screwing with my audio settings! haha, it's fine.

# Posted on April 29th 2006 by tin_whistler

This fun, simple tune makes a great practice piece for learning bowed triplets on fiddle, or plucked triplets on banjo or mandolin. As follies:

X: 1
T: Road To Lisdoonvarna, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
DA A/A/A ABcA|GE E/E/E cEGE|DA A/A/A ABcA|GBAG FDDE|
DA A/A/A ABcA|GE E/E/E cEGE|DA A/A/A ABcA|GBAG FDDA||
defd cA A/A/A|BG G/G/G cA A/A/A|defd cAAF|GBAG FDDA|
defd cA A/A/A|BG G/G/G cA A/A/A|defd cAAF|GBAG FGEF||

# Posted on December 18th 2006 by Will CPT

Road to Lisdoonvarna combines really well with the Morris Dance (or at least, that's one of its names - it's very similar to Mountain Madness, but then it's different too).

# Posted on January 14th 2007 by gwendolen

Tinker's Wife

played as single reel

# Posted on July 25th 2007 by the wounded hussar

Oops

# Posted on July 25th 2007 by the wounded hussar

This tune is titled "Flash Away the Pressing Gang" on Solas' second album.

# Posted on July 27th 2007 by withak

Rd ro Lisdoonvarna(reel)

On the Chieftains (3) album, they go from the reel to the slip jig.

# Posted on July 27th 2007 by spindizzy