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Tír Rafartaigh slip jig

By Michael Rooney

Also known as Rafferty’s House, Tí Rafferty, Tig Rabhartaigh, Tig Rafferty, Tigh Na Rabhartaigh, Tigh Rafairtaigh, Tigh Rafartaigh, Tigh Rafferty, Tigh Raifeartaigh, Tigh Raifeirtaigh, Tir Rabhartaigh, Tir Rafartaigh.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Tír Rafartaigh appears in 1 other tune collection.

Tír Rafartaigh has been added to 7 tune sets.

Tír Rafartaigh has been added to 60 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Tír Rafartaigh
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
D2F FED EFA|d2f fed efa|g2f ede fdA|B2B BAF AFE|
D2F FED EFA|d2f fed efa|g2f ede fdA|B2B BAF EFG|
AB/c/d def ede|f2a abf afd|g2f ede fdA|B2B BAF EFG|
AB/c/d def ede|f2a abf afd|g2f ede fdA|B2B BAF AFE|
# Added by heike .
2
X: 2
T: Tír Rafartaigh
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
G2B BAG ABc|d2g gfd BcA|G2B BAG ABc|A2d ded BcA|
G2B BAG ABc|d2g gfd BcA|G2B BAG ABc|A2d dgd fga||
b2a bge dgb|a2a aga bgd|e2e edB ABc|d2d dgd fga|
b2g gba ged|e2e ede gdB|A2A ABG ABc|d2d dgf dcA||

Six comments

Here’s the other (first) half of Michael O Rooney’s set on the CD Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo & Harp. The second tune is Gort na Mona, which has been entered before.

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Tigh Raifeartaigh (another setting)

This great Michael Rooney composed tune is demonstrated by Garry Shannon on the Comhaltaslive programme (28 March to 3 April 2005) at http://www.comhaltaslive.ie. However, he plays it in G as shown below. On checking Michael’s CD "Draiocht" I found that he plays it in "F" so "you pays your money and makes your own choice" !!

G2B BAG ABc|d2g gfd BcA|G2B BAG ABc|A2d ded BcA|!G2B BAG ABc|d2g gfd BcA
|G2B BAG ABc|A2d dgd fga|!
b2a bge dgb|a2a aga bgd|e2e edB ABc|d2d dgd fga|!b2g gba ged|e2e ede gdB
|A2A ABG ABc|d2d dgf dcA||

That G one is a different tune - Gort Na Mona - not a different setting of this one, altho’ they’re both v similar.

Re: Tigh Rabhartaigh

Would anyone have any info about the actual Rafferty house or Raffertys themselves and whether or not it is a fictional/non fictional setting for this nice (and very playable) little tune? Thanks in advance.

Re: Tír Rafartaigh

I’ve edited the name of the tune to Tír Rafartaigh as this is what the composer, Michael Rooney, calls it. Tír Rafartaigh is the townland he grew up in, in Scotstown, Co. Monaghan.

Re: Tír Rafartaigh

Oh, interesting! So the title doesn’t translate to "Rafferty’s house" at all—more like "Rafferty country"?

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