Goodbye To Ireland

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 14th 2005 by banjobabe.

This tune has been added to 26 tunebooks.

Also known as Austin Tierney's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 40th Anniversary 1946 - 1986 by The Tulla Ceili Band
• Équinoxe by Celtic Fiddle Festival
• Cathal Hayden by Cathal Hayden
• Fiddle Fair: Declan McCarthy's Baltimore by Various Artists
• Foinn Seisiun 3 by Ennis/Dublin Session Group
• Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn by Frankie Gavin And Alec Finn
• Live In Lisdoonvarna by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• No Doubt by Six Mile Bridge
• Out Of The Woods by Randal Bays
• Raise The Rafters by Raise The Rafters
• Roaming by Jeremy Kittel
• Songs, Jigs, Reels by Glenside And Kilfenora Ceili Bands
• The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Collection by Stockton's Wing
• The Fertile Rock by Chris Droney
• The Michael Sexton Ceili Band by The Michael Sexton Ceili Band
• Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band

X: 1
T: Goodbye To Ireland
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:D2(3FED ADFD|Addc def2D2(3FED ADFA|B2AF EDB,A,|
D2(3FED ADFD|Addc def2|dBBA BdAd|1 B2AF EDCE:|2 B2AF Egfe||
d2Bd AF~F2|DFAF BFAF|G2Bd AF~F2|DEED EABc|
d2cd B2 dB|AAFA ABde|f2ec dBcA|BdAF Egfe|
d2Bd AF~F2|DFAF BFAF|G2Bd AF~F2|DEED EABc|
dcBA B2 cB|AAFA ABde|f2ec dBcA|B2AF E2FE||

Goodbye to Ireland in D

This tune is NOT the popular Farewell to Ireland in AMix as posted by Jeremy. This tune is the first cut off the Cathal Hayden CD.

I've supplied the basic framework, but Hayden provides additional variations and ornamentation that one would benefit from a listen. The entire CD is worth owning and I vow to learn all the tunes!

# Posted on August 14th 2005 by banjobabe

Austin Tierney's

I and everyone else I play with know this one as Austin Tierney's. There's another version of it here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/846. The version I know is closer to this one. I know Farewell/Goodbye/Whatever To Ireland as a different but very similar sounding tune, also in D: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4403.

# Posted on August 15th 2005 by Dow

Revision

I wrote this tune up in ABC shortly while I was learning it and found a couple of places where I could have written it out more accurately, therefor I am submitting my updated version:

T:Goodbye to Ireland
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:2/4=120
S:Cathal Hayden CD
R:Reel
K:D
D2(3FED ADFD|Addc def2D2(3FED ADFA|B2AF EDB,A,|!
D2(3FED ADFD|Addc def2|dBBA BdAd|1 B2AF EDCE:|2 B2AF Egfe||!
d2Bd AF~F2|DFAF BFAF|G2Bd AF~F2|DEED EABc|!
d2cd B2 dB|AAFA ABde|f2ec dBcA|BdAF Egfe|!
d2Bd AF~F2|DFAF BFAF|G2Bd AF~F2|DEED EABc|!
dcBA B2 cB|AAFA ABde|f2ec dBcA|B2AF E2FE||!

% ABC2Win Version 2.1 8/18/2005

And, thanks, Dow, for that bit of information. Interesting how two totally different tunes can have the same name. I wonder if Austin Tierney recorded it, wrote it, or???

# Posted on August 18th 2005 by banjobabe

The Flying Column is another name I've seen for this. See a 3rd transcription of it here http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5462.

# Posted on April 11th 2007 by Dow