Paddy McMahon’s jig

Source: Jimmy Noonan - The maple leaf
Transcription: gian marco pietrasanta

Tola Custy has a slightly different version of this that I learned off of the recording he made with Cyril O’Donoghue called, “Setting Free.” The title he gives it is, “The Flowers of Antrim.”

I was going to learn and post this tune! Mike Rafferty recorded it as The Shaskeen on “The Road from Ballinakill.” I heard it on a rather old tape recording of The Leeds Ceili Band too.

I heard Mick, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy also play this jig as The Shaskeen on Culan some months ago. I can’t understand what Robbie Hannon says, but he mentions Eddie Moloney, possibly as the source of the tune.

Compare the Whistling Postman (aka. Charlie Mulvihill’s): https://thesession.org/tunes/587

https://thesession.org/tunes/5712

X: 1
T: Gan Ainm
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
f3 edB | BAF FEF | EDB, DFA | BAF Ade |
f3 edB | BAF FEF | EDB, DFA | Bdc d3 :|
f3 afe | dcd BAF | AFE DFA | BAF EFA |
B/2c/2dB AFA | DFA BAF | Ade faf | edc d3 :|


“From the playing of Joe Cooley”
I transcribed this from the playing of Joe Cooley. I had a tape given to me several years ago with few details on it. I’ve done an advanced search but cannot find it in the session archives. Can anyone put a name to it. I’m considering putting it as the lead tune in a set with Garrett Barry’s and Morrisons. Any thoughts and comments gratefully received. Thanks in advance.

# Posted on April 27th 2006 by hetty


A great jig Hetty - are there any more unusual tunes on that Joe Cooley tape? Unfortunately, there’s very little recorded music by Joe in existence.

# Posted on April 27th 2006 by Bannerman


“The Shaskeen”
I know this as the Shaskeen (https://thesession.org/tunes/5197) from the playing of Mike Rafferty.

# Posted on April 28th 2006 by whoosis


Great tune though it’s a duplicated post. It seems J. Cooley and Mike Rafferty are both from East Galway.

# Posted on April 28th 2006 by slainte


I would have thought that the advanced search would have uncovered this as the Shaskeen however thanks for that and yes there are some more worthwhile tunes on my cassette which I will look at and submit if not already here.

# Posted on April 28th 2006 by hetty


“Josie’s Visit by Brendan Tonra”
This is a composition of Mayo fiddler Brendan Tonra, a long-time resident of Boston, Mass. It’s often called after the Shaskeen band, but Brendan’s own name, commemorating Josie McDermott’s 1980s trip to the US I believe, was “Josie’s Visit.” It was published in his collection “A Musical Voyage with Brendan Tonra.”

# Posted on May 11th 2006 by blarneystar

Here’s a setting I got from a friend here on thesession.org in January of this year:

X: 1
T: Josie’s Visit
C: Brendan Tonra
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
~f3 edB|BAF FEF|~E3 DFA|B/c/dB Ade|
faf edB|BAF FEF|~E3 DFA|BAF Dde:|
|:~f3 afe|dcd ~B3|AFE DFA|BAF EFA|
~B3 AFE|DFA B/c/dB|Ade ~f3|edc cde:|

Lovely tune, here’s a slainte’s version (the third tune)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK9y6V0h2tM

play video

>> commemorating Josie McDermott’s 1980s trip to the US I believe, was “Josie’s Visit.” It was published in his collection “A Musical Voyage with Brendan Tonra.” <<

In that book, slainte, it says: “For my sister, Josie.” Presumably Josie Tonra, not McDermott?

I’ve been meaning to look up the name of this tune for ages, hence the delay in making this comment…

Anyone have the name of this jig?

This is Paddy McMahon’s.

Thanks Connor! Given that title and then looking on the Traditional Tune Archive (https://tunearch.org/wiki/Paddy_McMahon%27s), the tune is listed as having been composed by Brendan Tonra - with the title “Josie´s Visit”.