Sheet Music: The Ruins of Killmallock

TitleThe Ruins of Killmallock
Alternate titlesThe Ruins of Kilmallock
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyA major
RangeE4–B5
Time signature6/8
Tempo100 BPM
Performance time0:40
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2024-10-01
Last updated2024-10-01
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Tuesday 1 October 2024

Tune of the Day: The Ruins of Killmallock

Traditional Irish jig

This jig is taken from Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. It had previously appeared under the title “Old Walls of Liscarroll” in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883), although with the first strain in minor mode and a few minor differences in the second strain.

Kilmallock, a town of less than 2000 residents in south County Limerick, was during the middle ages the third largest city in Ireland. The ruins of a Dominican friary, built in the 13th century but sacked by Cromwell's forces in 1648, are still visible today, as well as the remains of the medieval walls which encircled the settlement.