The Kilfenora jig

This is the second in the set of three jigs from Clare’s Kilfenora Ceili Band which have been played together this way since the mid fifties, around the time the Band won the All-Ireland in 3 consecutive years (1954,1955 & 1956).

The third Kilfenora jig was submitted on September 3, 2002 by Mark the Fiddler while the first one is also on this site and is sometimes called Paddy’s Return.

In the penultimate bar of the first and last parts, it goes down to a low C, Fsharp, C.
This must be the flute version

“Echoes Of Erin: Tulla Ceili Band”
Submitted on February 12th 2005 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/recordings/1425

track 3: “The Kilfenora Jig” ~ not the set, only the 5-part jig…

“The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band”
Submitted on February 12th 2005 by ceolachan.
https://thesession.org/recordings/1426

track 6: “The Kilfenora Jig” ~ not the set, only the 5-part jig…

~ also known as “Kitty Lie Over”, “Paddy’s Return”, “Patsy McCann’s”.
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on September 3rd 2002 by Bannerman.
https://thesession.org/tunes/948

~ also known as “Paddy Murphy’s”, “The Steamboat Quickstep”, “Thomond Bridge”, “Uncle Jim’s Jig”, etc…
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on September 3rd 2002 by Mark Cordova.
https://thesession.org/tunes/947

#3 ~ other order of parts, other names, other ways:

“Uncle Jim’s Jig” / “The Steamboat Quickstep” ~ 2 parts
~ also known as “Kilfenora”, “The Kilfenora”, “The Steamboat March”, “Steamboat Quickstep”, “The Steamboat”, “Uncle Jim”, “Washington Quickstep”, “The Washington Quickstep”.
Key signature: A Major (D & G in the comments)
Submitted on August 9th 2006 by McMandolin.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6083

Some nyah from Danu in this version.

X: 1
T: Kilfenora, The
T: Kitty Lie Over
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
D: Danu, When All is Said and Done
K: D
A2D FED|A2D FED|A2D FED|dce dcB|
A2D FED|A2D FED|~E3 =cAF|1 ~G3 GAB:|2 ~G3 GFE||
F2 A dAF|ABA BAG|F2 A dAF|ABA ABG|
F2 A dAF|ABA AFD|~E3 =cAF|1 ~G3 GFE:|2 G3 Geg||
f2 d dcd|f2 d dcd|f2 d dcd|~a3 bag|
fed dcd|fed def|ged cde|~g3 a2g :||
fed faf|gbg faf|fed dcd|~a3 bag|
fed faf|gbg faf|ged cde|g3 a2g :||
fed edc|dcB AFA|DFA dAF|A/A/AA AB=c|
~B3 ~=c3|~B3 AFD|~E3 =cAF|1 ~G3 Geg :|2 GFG GAB :||

Will, you seem to be going through a Danu(vian) phase at present. They do seem to have a few great tunes/settings on their CD’s.

The first part was used as part of ‘King of morning, Queen of day’ in Horlips’ Book of Invasions.

Hi,

There is a little mistake on the ABC. The last part is played twice as usual, and not 4 times ! The extra ‘:’ must be removed :

|:fed edc|dcd AFA|DFA dAF|A3 AB=c|
B3 =c3|B3 AFD|EDE =cAF|1G3 a2g :|2 G3 GFG ||

Does anybody know the name of the jig which is sometimes added to 5-part Kilfenora Jig to make it 7 parts please?

https://thesession.org/tunes/6083

What I like about this 5 part jig is that it seems to direct the dancer’s, instructs or call them perhaps even encourage them!

Does any one know if it’s attached to a particular (set) dance?

A perfectly timed “Haymakers Jig”…

Piping version

Hi there,
could you help me please. I got across that tune here on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muA-EnwId4Q

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they say its the kilfenora jig but it doesn’t match any version displayed here. So maybe they are wrong. Do you know what tune that is?
cheers and thx
Jean

Hello, Jean - “The Old Favourite” = https://thesession.org/tunes/56

thx a million Kenny for your fast answer 🙂 - cheers

And also known as The West Clare jig - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isUxdcJK4Fg

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cheers, Michael

Played by Mick Moloney on mandolin :
https://youtu.be/8D-2Tb-RdsE

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