Thomond Bridge

hornpipe

Key signature: Fmajor

Submitted on July 17th 2004 by cos.

This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.

Also known as Lady Hartwell Of Cantwell.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Bimis Ag Ol by Ronan Le Bars
• Donncha O'Briain by Donncha O'Briain
• Draw The Bow by Malachy Bourke
• Give Us Another by Joe Derrane
• Ireland's Harvest : A Tribute To The Golden Years Of Music In Irish America by Joe Derrane, Frankie Gavin And Brian McGrath
• Irlande by Frankie Gavin, Arty Mc Glynn And Aidan Coffey
• Jigs And Reels by The Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band
• John Bowe And Mary Conroy by John Bowe
• Macalla Na HÓige by Hugh Healy And Colm Healy
• Mo Chairdin by Paul Brock
• No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
• No Place Like Home by Gerry O'Connor
• On Two Levels by Sean Maguire
• Sceal Eile by Gerry Harrington And Eoghan O'Sullivan
• Shaskeen Irish Pub Session by Shaskeen
• The Far Set by Michael Clarkson And Gerry Jones
• The First Harvest by Iain MacDonald And Iain MacFarlane
• The Professor by James Morrison
• Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Eamon Cotter

X: 1
T: Thomond Bridge
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Fmaj
|:ag|fdcA BGcB|A2F2F2 fg|agfe fagf|e2c2c2 cA|
Bdfb Acfa|GBdg FAcf|efga bgec|f2f2f2:|
|:cB|Afcf Afcf|agfe dcBA|Bgdg Bgdg|bagf (3efe(3dcB|
Afcf Afcf|agfe dcBA|BdcB AGFE|G2 F2F2:|

Requested by Slainte

I got this from Leo Ginley ,A great Belfast fiddle player some 25 Years ago.I just hope the usual`typical James Hill flat-keyed Hornpipe`comments don`t weigh in -its Irish!!

# Posted on July 17th 2004 by cos

Thomond Bridge

Thanks Michael, but F major isn't the key for flautists including me!

I came to love this tune through the fiddle and low whistle duet playing of well-known Scottish piper and fiddler Iain MacDonald and Iain MacFarlane: they couple it with James Hill's composition "The Steamboat." It's also on the quite recent debut album of Hugh and Colm Healy from Corofin. They play it in G major and then move on to "Fox on the Town," a beautiful reel in the same key. Sean Smyth recorded it on the whistle, but I don't remember in which key he plays it.

It seems Thomond Bridge is in Limerick.

# Posted on July 18th 2004 by slainte

Seamus Ennis played this on the pipes, in G. Instead of the ascending arpeggios of straight eighth notes in the first part, he played a triplet and a quarter note= Ceg(3) c; bdg(3) b, etc. This was to facilitate getting from the high C back down to the low B.
Seamus played the regulators all over this tune too. Show off! I also heard a recording of Tommy Reck playing it in duet with Mick O'Brien, so it must have been a popular tune with the old Dublin pipers.

# Posted on December 27th 2004 by Kevin Rietmann

Donncha Ó Briain, whistle ~ in G Major

A superb recording and long overdo for re-release. Does anyone have any strings they can pull, influence to sway? There is a fine G Major transcription taken from his playing in:

"Irish Tin Whistle Legends" page 37
Tommy Walsh, Walton's, Dublin

# Posted on June 11th 2005 by ceolachan

"Thomond Bridge" revisited ~

Two other keys and takes on this lovely hornpipe:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4589

# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan

POOF! ~ the previous link is no more...

It has been decided on high that the versions I'd posted of this tune recently were not sufficiently different to warrant their own space, so, as promised, here they come, under 'Comments'.

# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan

POOF! ~ "Thomond Bridge" ~ G Major

K: Gmaj
|: (3def |
g>ed>B c>ed>c | (3BcB G2 G2 g>a | b>ag>e f>ga>g | (3fgf d2 d3 B |
c>eg>c' B>dg>b | A>^ce>a G>Bd>g | (3efg a>b (3c'ba f>a | (3gag f>a g2 :|
|: (3edc |
B>g (3ggg G>g (3ggg | b>ag>f e>dc>B | A>a (3aaa ^c>a (3aaa | c'>ba>g f>ed<c |
B>g ~g2 G>g ~g | b>ag>f e>dc>B | c>ea>e (3Bcd g>d | (3cBA F>A G2 :|

# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan

POOF! ~ "Thomond Bridge" ~ D Major

K: Dmaj
|: B>c |
d>BA>F (3GAB A>G | F2 D2 D2 (3cde | f<ed>B c<de>d | c2 A2 A2 B>A |
G>B (3efg F>A (3def | E>G (3cde D>F (3Bcd | c<de>f (3gfe c>e | d2 A2 D2 :|
|: (3GFE |
D>dc>d F>dc>d | (3fed c>B (3AGF E>D | E>e^d>e B>ed>e | (3gg/f/e (3dcB (3AGF (3EDC |
D>dc>d F>dc>d | f>dc<d A<d (3FED | G>AB>c d>AB>G | F<dE>d D2 :|

# Posted on June 12th 2005 by ceolachan

I've been forgetting about this tune. Thanks for reminding me. I'll learn it in D.

# Posted on June 14th 2005 by slainte

Thomond Bridge

I just transcribed my own playing of it for a friend, so I thought I'd stick it up here in a fluter-friendly key. This tune doesn't seem to get much of an airing these days, which is a pity. I think this version owes much to Eamonn Cotter's masterful playing on his CD. Haven't got the CD handy so I can't compare.
K: Gmaj
|: ba|gedB cedc|B2G2 G2ga|bagf ge^ce|f2d2 d2dB|
|cegc' B/^c/d gb|Adfa GBdg|e/f/g ab c'/b/a fg|aggf g2 :|
|:dc|Bg~g2 dg~g2|bagf edcB|a/b/a ^gb ~a3b| c'bag fedc|
|Bg~g2 dg~g2|bagf edcB|cedc BAGF|A2G2 G2:|

# Posted on October 10th 2006 by LongNote

See Roche collection

This tune was popularized by the Aughrim Slopes Ceili Band. Button accordionist John Bowe recorded a great version as well (in 'D'). The original 'F' setting was published as "Thomond Bridge" in the Roche collection, but the tune may well be from Scotland or Northumbria originally. It was recorded in Cape Breton Island by Dan R. MacDonald, who called it "Lady Hartwell of Cantwell." I don't know the source of that title.

# Posted on April 1st 2008 by blarneystar