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Ballykett Courthouse reel

Also known as Ballyket Courthouse, The Ballyket Courthouse, The Ballykett Courthouse, Barry’s Fancy, Clogger Quilt, The Clogger Quilt, The Clogger’s Quilt, Corry Hilly, The Dancemaster’s, The Half Door, Kathleen’s Fiddle, Micho Russell’s Favourite, Paddy Finlay’s, St Andrews, St. Andrew’s, St. Andrews, The Swallow, Tom Donlon’s.

There are 18 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Ballykett Courthouse appears in 2 other tune collections.

Ballykett Courthouse has been added to 4 tune sets.

Ballykett Courthouse has been added to 32 tunebooks.

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Eight settings

1
X: 1
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
~d3e dBAG|EAAG ABcA|dge^c dBAG|1 EGGF G2Bc:|2 EGGF G2Bd||
|:g2fg edBd|eaag agef|g2fg edBd|1 (3efg fa ~g3f:|2 (3efg fa gbge||
2
X: 2
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
~A3B AFED|B,EED EFGE|AdB^G AFED|1 B,DDC D2FG:|2 B,DDC D2FA||
|:d2cd BAFA|Beed edBc|d2cd BAFA|1 (3Bcd ce ~d3c:|2 (3Bcd ce dfdB||
3
X: 3
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:c3 d cFAF|DGGA G2 AB|c2 AF CFAF|G2 FG AF F2:|
|:Ac (3c^Bc dcAc|dgga gfde|(3fef fd c2 Ac|f3 g af f2:|
|:d3 e dGBG|EAAB A2 Bc|d2 BG DGBG|A2 GA BG G2:|
|:Bd (3d^cd edBd|eaab agef|(3gfg ge d2 Bd|g3 a bg g2:|
4
X: 4
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:c3 d cFAF|DGGF G2 FD|CFAF cFAF|~G2 FG AF ~F2:|
|:Ac ~c2 dcAc|dgga gfde|fefd ~c2 Ac|fefg af ~f2:|
|:d3 e dGBG|EAAG A2 GE|DGBG dGBG|A2 GA BG G2:|
|:Bd d2 edBd|eaab agef|gfge d2 Bd|gfga bg g2:|
5
X: 5
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
e2 fe ecBA|FBBA B/c/B Ac|e2 fe ecBA|FAAG ABcd|
eafe ecBA|FBBA Bcdf|e2 fe ecBA|FAAG A2||
a/b/a ga fece|fbb^a b=afg|a2 ga fece|faag aAce|
abga fece|fbb^a b2 c/d/e|a/b/a ga f2 ce|faag a2||
d2 g/f/e dBAG|EAAG A2 Bc|dBeB d2 B/A/G|DGGF G2 A/B/c|
dge^c dBAG|EAAG A2 G/A/B|dBeB dBAG|DGGF G2||
g2 e/f/g gedg|eaa^g a2 ef|gGdg edBd|eggf gG B/c/d|
gafg efdg|eaa^g aA B/c/d|g/a/g fg e/f/e Bd|eggf g2||
6
X: 6
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:G|d2 ed dBAG|EAAG A3 B|eged dBAG|EGGF G3:|
|:g|g2 fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 fg edBd|eggf g3:|
~|EG2F G2 G:|~ & ~|eg2f g2 g:|
~|EGGF G2 G2:|~ & ~|eggf g2 g2:|
7
X: 7
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
Bc|dzeB dBAG|EAAG AABc|dzeB dBAG|EGGF GGBc|
dgeB dBAG|EAAG AABc|dzeB dBAG|EGGF GGfa||
~g3f edBd|eaaa agef|~g3f edBd|eaaf ggef|
gzfg edBd|eaab agef|gzfd edB/c/d|eaaf ggBc||
# Added by bdh .
8
X: 8
T: Ballykett Courthouse
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d3e dBAG|EAAG A2 Bc|d3e dBAG|EGGF GABc|
d3e dBAG|EAAG A2 Bc|d3e dBAG|EGGF GABd||
g2 fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 fg edBd|egfa g3f|
g2 fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 fg edBd|(3efg fa gedB||
# Added by JACKB .

Fourteen comments

Ballyket Courthouse

Nice tune. Any chance of the abc’s for it in D?

It sounds nice in D but doesn’t lie under the fingers as naturally for me. Was there any particular reason you wanted to play it in D? 🙂

X: 1
T: Ballyket Courthouse
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
~A3B AFED|B,EED EFGE|AdB^G AFED|1 B,DDC D2FG:|2 B,DDC D2FA||
|:d2cd BAFA|Beed edBc|d2cd BAFA|1 (3Bcd ce ~d3c:|2 (3Bcd ce dfdB||

"St. Andrews" ~ another rescued duplication ~ in F

Key signature: F Major
Submitted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas.
~ /tunes/8815

X: 3
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Fmaj
|: c3 d cFAF | DGGA G2 AB | c2 AF CFAF | G2 FG AF F2 :|
|: Ac (3c^Bc dcAc | dgga gfde |(3fef fd c2 Ac | f3 g af f2 :|

This one ~ was played a lot in sessions in Durham (UK) back in the Seventies. I think it was in one of the Bulmer-Sharpley tunebooks, which were used a lot, as a "Gan Ainm" tune. At any rate, it was always played in F Major, so I’ve entered it here thus, just in case it’s one of those odd tunes like Julia Delaney that is conventionally always played in some less usual key.

However, here are abc’s in G Major:
X: 1
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: G Major
|: d3 e dGBG | EAAB A2 Bc | d2 BG DGBG | A2 GA BG G2 :|
|: Bd (3d^cd edBd | eaab agef | (3gfg ge d2 Bd | g3 a bg g2 :|

# Posted on August 15th 2008 by nicholas

"St. Andrews" ~ "Music from Ireland volume 3"

Dave Bulmer & Neil Sharpley, 1976
ISBN: 0-9503784-4-5

Page 11, tune #32: "St. Andrews" in F

X: 32
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: FMaj
|: c3 d cFAF | DGGF G2 FD | CFAF cFAF | ~G2 FG AF ~F2 :|
|: Ac ~c2 dcAc | dgga gfde | fefd ~c2 Ac | fefg af ~f2 :|

& that up a step to G

X: 32
T: Gan Ainm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: GMaj
|: d3 e dGBG | EAAG A2 GE | DGBG dGBG | A2 GA BG G2 :|
|: Bd d2 edBd | eaab agef | gfge d2 Bd | gfga bg g2 :|

Duplication!!!

"Rattigan’s" / "Larry Redigan’s"

Two other names this one goes by…

"The Ballyket Courthouse" ~ a take in A & some other possibilities

X: 7
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
cd |\
e2 fe ecBA | FBBA B/c/B Ac | e2 fe ecBA | FAAG ABcd |
eafe ecBA | FB-BA Bcdf | e2 fe ecBA | FA-AG A2 ||
c/d/e |\
a/b/a ga fece | fbb^a b=afg | a2 ga fece | faag aAce |
abga fece | fb-b^a b2 c/d/e | a/b/a ga f2 ce | fa-ag a2 |]

& another take in G ~

X: 8
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
Bc |\
d2 g/f/e dBAG | EAAG A2 Bc | dBeB d2 B/A/G | DG-GF G2 A/B/c |
dge^c dBAG | EA-AG A2 G/A/B | dBeB dBAG | DGGF G2 ||
B/c/d |\
g2 e/f/g gedg | eaa^g a2 ef | gGdg edBd | eggf gG B/c/d |
gafg efdg | ea-a^g aA B/c/d | g/a/g fg e/f/e Bd | eg-gf g2 |]

"The Ballyket Courthouse" ~ courtesy of another member

Here’s another take on this as sent to me by Browndog,
https://thesession.org/members/10803

"Siobhan Kelly taught this to our flute class in the Catskills in 2000."

X: 9
T: Ballyket Courthouse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|: G | d2 ed dBAG | EA-AG A3 B | eged dBAG | EG-GF G3 :|
|: g | g2 fg edBd | ea-ag agef | g2 fg edBd | eg-gf g3 :|

I’ve approximated the last measures and added lead-ins. The fair ABCs sent me didn’t quite add up at the close. Browndog didn’t have any lead-ins and had as the last measure of each part:

~ | EG2F G2 G :| ~ & ~ | eg2f g2 g :|

They could also be interpreted as, minus lead-ins:

~ | EG-GF G2 G2 :| ~ & ~ | eg-gf g2 g2 :|

McGoldrick setting

Here’s Michael McGoldrick’s setting of the tune, as "Paddy Finlay’s" on *Fused*:

K:Gmaj
Bc |: dzeB dBAG | EAAG AABc | dzeB dBAG | EGGF GGBc |
dgeB dBAG | EAAG AABc | dzeB dBAG | EGGF GGfa ||
|: ~g3f edBd | eaaa agef | ~g3f edBd | eaaf ggef |
gzfg edBd | eaab agef | gzfd edB/c/d | eaaf ggBc ||

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