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The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim slip jig

Also known as Cnocain Aitinn Liatroma, Cnoic Aiteannach Liadroma, The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim (No. 1).

There are 15 recordings of this tune.

The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim appears in 2 other tune collections.

The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim has been added to 13 tune sets.

The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim has been added to 85 tunebooks.

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Five settings

1
X: 1
T: The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
AAA dcA d2c|AGA dcA GFG|AAA dcA d2e|fag ege dBG:|
GBB GBd ~g3|GBB GBG FED|GBB GBd gag|fgf efe dBA|
GBB GBd ~g3|GBB GBG FED|GBB GBd gag|fgf efe dBG||
2
X: 2
T: The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:ABA dcA d2 d|A A2 dcA GFG|A A2 dcA d2 e|faf efe dcA:|
|:GAB GBd g2 g|GAB GAG FED|GAB GBd g2 g|fgf efe dBA:|
3
X: 3
T: The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:ABA dcA d2 c|ABA dcA GFG|ABA dcA d2 e|1 faf ege dc/B/G:|2 faf ege dcA||
|:GBB GBd ggg|GBB GBG AFD|GBB GBd gag|1 faf ege dBA:|2 faf ege dBG||
4
X: 4
T: The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:~A3 dcA d2c|A2d dcA GFG|~ A3 dcA d2e|1 fag ege dBG:|2 fag ege dBA||
|:GBB GBd ~g2(3DEF|GBB GBG FED|GBB GBd ~g3|1 ~f3 ege dBA:|2 fed ege dBG||
5
X: 5
T: The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:A2 {B}A dcA d2c|A2 {B}A dcA GFG|A2 {B}A dcA d2 {d}e|fgf efe dcA:|
|:GBB GBd g2 {a}g|GBB GBB AFD|GBB GBd g2 {a}g|fgf efe dBA:|
# Added by Bryce .

Nineteen comments

No horses on the hills of Leitrim, only whins …

First alternate name according to O Riada Sa Gaiety
Second alternate name according to Breandan Breathnach Ceol rince na heirann 1, #67
Please refer to this too :
https://thesession.org/discussions/19273

@ Swisspiper

It is after posting my above comment that I have read yours. So my apologizes for not having answered more directly to your question (though my comment was sort of answer ;o).
But :
What makes you think it is a duplicate ?

It’s not remotely the same tune!

It really isn’t. I can’t see any relation whatsoever, myself.

Apart form anything else, this one - which is one of my favourites, btw, has a first part in A dor and a second part in G. The other one is, fairly dully, in D throughout.

But also, the notes and the patterns of notes just aren’t even similar. In any respect.

Now that it’s up here, I’ll give you my ABCs for it …

Two different tunes sharing the same name. So shocking. It shouldn’t be allowed!

Presumably you read the comment above suggesting it was the *same* tune, eh, Dow?

To my ear, they’re different but close cousins.

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Close cousins?

Interesting, eh? I seriously can’t hear any connection at all. I’m obviously missing something … the frustration being that I can’t see any way for you (or anyone) to explain it to me, Will. Mind you, you’re better at explaining things than I am, so you could always have a go. 🙂

… and I still haven’t posted my ABCs for it …

I’m sure this is on Sarah McFadyen and Kris Drever’s duet album.

"To my ear, they’re different but close cousins."

I’m sure there are other tunes with different names more closely related to the other tune with the same name than this one is.

This happens to be one of my favourite slip-jigs, so any suggestion that it is merely a version of some other tune will result in a response with a pH of somewhere between 3.0 and 5.5.

"The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim" - rescued duplication

Submitted on April 4th 2012 by Paddy the Plasterer .
~ /tunes/11882

X: 2
T: Whinny Hills Of Leitrim, The
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
R: slip jig
K: Dmaj
|: ABA dcA d2 d | A A2 dcA GFG | A A2 dcA d2 e | faf efe dcA :|
|: GAB GBd g2 g | GAB GAG FED | GAB GBd g2 g | fgf efe dBA :|

The Whinny Hills Of Leitrim, X:5

Here is one more setting, where instead of doing a trill on three of the eighth notes, it’s putting the tiny jump right before the last third of the note. Also, there’s a simplified pattern for the last measure of both A and B sections. From listening to a MIDI rendition, this matches how we’ve played it.

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