The Four Courts
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Four Courts", in Gaelic "Na Ceitre Cuirt" is an Irish reel in G Major. The parts<br> are played ABC.<br> The Four Courts is a building in Dublin situated on the banks of the River Liffey<br> and located on the site of a medieval abbey. It was designed by architect James Gandon,<br> started in 1786 and, when it was completed in 1802, it became the seat of the Irish<br> justice system. The four courts themselves were the Chancery, Exchequer, Common Pleas<br> and the King's Bench. Currently it is the principal seat of the Supreme Court, the<br> Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Dublin Circuit Court.<br> The building features a six-columned Corinthian portico and a lantern dome.<br> It was occupied by the rebels during the Easter Week insurrection and was in the area<br> of some of the heaviest fighting.<br> The building was occupied, then destroyed by explosion and fire, in 1922 during the<br> Irish civil war but was rebuilt over the next ten years to the original design.<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903) gives the tune in two sharps, which was corrected<br> in his later work Dance Music of Ireland (1001).<br> Musician and researcher Paul de Grae notes that variants of the first strain occur in<br> "The Sligo Chorus",<br> "Jennie Rock the Cradle", "Jacky Latin/Jackie Layton" and<br> "Within a Mile of Dublin".<br> It was printed in O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903) and<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907).<br> It was recorded on Rodney Miller's Airdance (2000),<br> De Danann on The Rambling Irishman (1974),<br> James Keane on Roll Away The Reel World (1980) and<br> Frank Quinn (78 RPM) (1924).<br>
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