An Fathach Éireanach jig

hi,jocklet - you’ve posted one of my favourite jigs but i was wondering where you picked it up from or first came across it.

i know it from the frankie kennedy mairead n

I learned this tune about fifteen years ago .I recorded it in a session in Antwerp,other than that I don’t know much about it,and I’ve never heard it in a session since then.It is a simple tune,but memorable all the same. Jocklet

A nice example of how a good tune can arise out of basically four notes (A-D), with brief excursions to high and low Es.
Trevor

You posted this yourself last year in a different key. Did you realise it was the same tune? https://thesession.org/tunes/1992

“The Irish Giant”
Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.
https://thesession.org/tunes/2506

X:2
T:An Fathach Éireanach
T:The Irish Giant
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
|: E>GB ABd | cBc dBA | E>GB ABd | cBA FGA |
E>GB ABd | cBc dcA | cA/B/c dcB | ABA AGB :|
|: edc dcB | c2d cBA | edc dcB | cBA Bdf |
edc dcB | c2d cBA | cA/B/c dcB [1 ABA GBd :|
[2 ABG A3 |]

First tune…..

https://youtu.be/YG2KnMt0mQ8

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I heard this lovely simple jig on a YouTube video, and if it should be a duplicate, I was unable to find it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch reload=9&v=YG2KnMt0mQ8&fbclid=IwAR3DxoD9xN_VLKE1K2NJpAoSxA0MRUlV7R5BBJTA_cjv1X4bqCYKtYqv8go

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Already here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1992

From the playing of the Boys of the Lough. Just a very basic version, the add variations in the repeats and so on, that I haven’t transcribed here.

https://youtu.be/QFIY6e35VdQ

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Changed title from An Fathach Tireanach, which might be a typo