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The Trip To Cullenstown reel

By Phil Murphy

There are 32 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Trip To Cullenstown appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Trip To Cullenstown has been added to 53 tune sets.

The Trip To Cullenstown has been added to 240 tunebooks.

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Seven settings

1
X: 1
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d2 de dBGA|B2 BG AGEG|d2 de dBGA|BAAG A4|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AGEG|B2 BG AGEG|1 DGGF GABc:|2 DGGF G3 A||
Bd d2 ce e2|d2 de dBGA|Bd d2 ed d2|gedB A4|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AGEG|B2 BG AGEG|DGGF G4:|
# Added by Kenny .
2
X: 2
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Bdde dBGA|B2 GB AGEG|Bdde dBGA|BAAG A2 GA|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AGEG|B2 GB AGEG|DGGF G3 A:|
Bd d2 ce e2|Bdde dBGA|Bd d2 edef|gedB A2 GA|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AGEG|B2 GB AGEG|DGGF G3 A:|
3
X: 3
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:B3d eddB|BddB AGGE|DBBA BAGE|GABG BAA2|
Bdde dBAG|BAGA GEDG|B2BA GEDE|DEGA BGG2:|
|:Bdde ceed|BddB AGGE|DBBA Bdef|gedB BAA2|
Bdde dee2|BAGA GEDG|B2BA GEDE|DEGA BGG2:|
4
X: 4
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:d3e dBGA|B3G AGEG|d3e dBGA|BAAG A4|
BABd e2 dB|d3e dBGA|B3G AGEG|1 DGGF GABc:|2 DGGF G3 A||
|:Bd d2 ce e2|d3e dBGA|Bd d2 ed d2|gedB A4|
BABd e2 dB|d3e dBGA|B3G AGEG|DGGF G4:|
# Added by JACKB .
5
X: 5
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
AB|ceef ecAB|c2 cA BAFA|ceef ecAB|cBBA B2 AB|
cB (3cde faec|efec BAFA|c2 cA BAFA|EAAG A2||
AB|ceec dffe|ceec (3BcB AB|ceec dffg|afec (3BcB AB|
cB (3cde faec|efec BAFA|c2 cA BAFA|EAAG A2||
# Added by hone .
6
X: 6
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
e2 ef ecAB|c2 c/e/c BAFA|e2 ef ecAB|cBBA B2 AB|
cBce f2 ec|efec BAFA|c2 cA BAFA|1 EAAF ABcd:|2 EAAF A2 AB||
ceee f2 ec|ef ec BAFA|ceee f2 ef|afec B2 AB|
cBce f2 ec|efec BAFA|c2 cA BAFA|EAAF A4:|
7
X: 7
T: The Trip To Cullenstown
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:Bd {g}de dBGA|B2 {d}BG AG (3EFG|[B3d3G3] e dBGA|{d}BAGB [F4A4]|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AG (3EFG|B2 BG AGEG|1 DGGF G3c:|2 DGGF G3 A||
|:Bd d/e/d ce e/f/e|d2 {g}de dBGA|Bd d/e/d ed d/e/d|{b}gedB [F4A4]|
BABd e2 dB|dedB AG (3EFG|B2 BG AG (3EFG|1 DGGF [D3G3] A:|2 DGGF [G4B4D4]||

Thirteen comments

Cullenstown

Someone requested this many moons ago. A composition by one of the mouth-organ-playing Murphy brothers - ( was it Phil? ).
First heard it in Kevin Burke’s "Raheen" medley on "Up Close", which featured all three Murphys. Recorded by "Altan" on the "Blue Idol" CD. They play it in G, then move up a notch to A as the last tune in the set.

Posted by .

This is one of the favourite tunes of a local box player. I can play along with him in the session, but I always don’t remember how the tune goes when I’m back home. Thanks, Kenny. He always plays Kitty Jones after it. It’s a lovely set.

Cullenstown

This was played in almost every session I heard in Cork, and I heard Seamus Creagh do a great version there as well. He has recorded this on an album with Aidan Coffey which I will post when I’m back home. Really enjoying the tunes you’re posting at the moment…..

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The Trip to Cullenstown

My version based on Paul Smyth and Mike Cooney’s flute and pipes duet playing:

K: Gmaj
Bdde dBGA | B2 GB AGEG | Bdde dBGA | BAAG A2 GA |
BABd e2 dB | dedB AGEG | B2 GB AGEG | DGGF G3 A:|
Bd d2 ce e2 | Bdde dBGA | Bd d2 edef | gedB A2 GA |
BABd e2 dB | dedB AGEG | B2 GB AGEG | DGGF G3 A:|

This is a fairly easy yet gorgeous flute tune. Try mixing Kenny’s version and mine.

My subconscious setting…

X: 1
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: B3d eddB| BddB AGGE | DBBA BAGE | GABG BAA2 |
Bdde dBAG | BAGA GEDG | B2BA GEDE | DEGA BGG2 :|
|: Bdde ceed | BddB AGGE | DBBA Bdef | gedB BAA2 |
Bdde dee2 | BAGA GEDG | B2BA GEDE | DEGA BGG2 :|

Much more fun to play in A on the Fiddle.

This tune appears as the 2nd of 3 in ‘The Murphy’s Selection’, being the first track of the album ‘Life in The Slow Lane’ by Seamus Bugler, Paddy O’Donoghue, Pat Mullins & Pat Costello.

https://thesession.org/recordings/3918

The Trip To Cullenstown, X:7

Setting with typical variations and ornaments of the diatonic harmonica.
For a diatonic harmonica in G, it includes: cuts, triplets and chords. There are semiquavers in the second part, that is something that harmonica players play quite a lot when other instruments play a 5 notes roll or long roll (many times simply referred as "roll").