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The Ebb Tide reel

By Sean Ryan

Also known as The Dash To Portobello, Sean Ryan’s.

There are 12 recordings of this tune.

The Ebb Tide has been added to 9 tune sets.

The Ebb Tide has been added to 65 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Ebb Tide
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
d^c|:BE~E2 {G}EDB,A,|D2FE DA,~A,2|B,EED EFGA|{d}B2eB dBAc|
BE{G}ED EDB,A,|D2FE DA,~A,2|B,E{G}ED EFGA|B2AF GE{G}E2:|
{a}g2eg bgeg|f2df afdf|{a}g2eg bgeg|fedB e3d|
{a}g2eg bgeg|f2df afdf|eB{d}BA ~B3^c|d^cdf e2ef|
gbeg begb|{a}f2df afdf|g2eg bgeg|fedB e3f|
{a}g2eg bgeg|f2df afdf|eB{D}BA ~B3^c|d^cdf e2d^c|
# Added by Mikea .
2
X: 2
T: The Ebb Tide
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
d^c|:BE E2 EDBA|D2FE DA A2|BEED EFGA|B2 e^c dBA=c|
BE E2 EDBA|D2FE DA A2|BEED EFGA|BdAF GE E2:|
|:g2 eg bgeg|f2 df afdf|g2 eg bgeg|fgaf ge e2|
g3a bgeg|fd d2 Adfd|g3a bgaf|gfed Bdef|
gbeg begb|f2df afdf|g2eg bgeg|fgaf ge e2|
g2eg bgeg|fd d2 Adfd|g3a bgaf|gfed BdAF||
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: The Ebb Tide
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:B~E3 EFFE|D2FE D~A3|BEED EFGA|B/c/d eB dBA=c|
B~E3 EFFE|D~F3 A2FF|BFAF EFGA|BdAF G~E3:|
fgeg bgeg|~f3g afdf|fgeg bgeg|fedf ~e3d|
~g3a bgeg|~f3g afd2|eBBA ~B3c|dcdf ~e4|
gbeg ~b3e|~f3g afd2|~g3a bgeg|fedf ~e3f|
gbeg begb|~f3g afd2|e2BA ~B3c|dcdf e2dc|
4
X: 4
T: The Ebb Tide
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:BE E2 EDBA|D2FE DA A2|BEED EFGA|B2 e^c dBA=c|
BE E2 EDBA|D2FE DA A2|BEED EFGA|BdAF GE E2:|
|:g2 eg bgeg|f2 df afdf|g2 eg bgeg|fgaf ge e2|
g3a bgeg|fd d2 Adfd|g3a bgaf|gfed Be e2:|
# Added by JACKB .

Ten comments

Ebb Tide

I first heard this tune when I was given as a christmas present Peter Horan and
Fred Finn’s recording, ‘Music of Sligo.’ This was a Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann
recording released in 1988, some tracks were recorded in Dublin, and some came
from archive recordings dating back as far as 1959. Tragically Fred Finn died in
January 1986 whilst this album was being put together. There are many great tunes
on this album but I always thought the ‘Ebb Tide’ was something special.
Good Luck.
Mikea.

Posted by .

Sounds like “Sean Ryan

Ebb Tide

Sean Ryan’s tunebook “The Hidden Ireland” has this reel listed as “The Dash to Portobello”.

Just a point of clarification. The tune as transcribed is not the same tune that is played on the Tommy Keane/Jackie McCarthy CD that is listed. That is an entirely different tune in G, hornpipe, and can be found in Breandan Breathnach’s “Folk Music and Dances of Ireland” (I’m not sure which volume).

This tune is indeed Sean Ryan’s composition “Dash to Portobello”, which is also listed at https://thesession.org/tunes/533

The other “Ebb Tide” is a hornpipe composed by James Hill.

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Re: The Ebb Tide

Ebb Tide is names Sean Ryan’s on Fire Aflame.

The Ebb Tide: others recordings

There are at least two tiers recording of this tune:
- Patrick Street, Corneboys Album, 1996, played in set Killaman’s Fancy/The Dash To Portabello/Anna Maculeen (Reels)
- Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, 2010, Album Comb Your Hair & Curl It, last set, Larkin’s Beehive, Road To Lisdoonvarna, The Dash To Portobello

The Ebb Tide additional ones

There are much more recording , please found two others one of this great tune..
- Deanta.. Ready for the Storm, within the last set: The Rocky Reels: The Lilac Reel/Sean Ryan’s / Star Of Munster/The Maid From The Bronx
- Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. from the The Merry Love to Play album , Sean Ryan’s / The Blackthorn Stick / The Green Groves.

Re: The Ebb Tide = The Dash to Portobello by Seán Ryan

Should this be maybe merged with The Dash to Portobello, uploaded earlier under the original title given in Seán Ryan’s tunebook?
https://thesession.org/tunes/533

The story goes that “Dash to Portobello” refers to a last-minute trip of the Nenagh, Tipperary fiddle player Seán Ryan – the tune’s author – to a Radio Éireann studio located in the Portobello area of Dublin.

Wonder where “The Ebb Tide” title came from and whether Seán always had several names for his tunes!