Anyone know where I can find the notation for this one? It may also be called: Ruairi Og O Mordha. Found it on The Chieftains 3 CD… very nice tune. Thanks.
Is this the tune?
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/findtune?P=march+of+the+king+of+laois&F2=find+(wide)&L=100
Rick
Elbogo, I have found it in several books, but the notation never comes even close to the version that the Chieftains play. I agree with you that their version is superior to most. I would suggest you start learning to learn tunes by ear, and since this is such a regular tune, i.e. minimal variations, it is an excellent piece to start with.
How are you fixed PC-wise? If you have a CD-ROM or CD-RW drive, you can copy directly off the CD onto your hard drive. From there, you can use any of several software packages to chop the tune up into smaller segments, slow it down, change the pitch to match your set, and loop each segment over and over so you can play along until you get each bit right.
djm
P.S. I tried the midi version at the above link and it is pretty attrocious.
The Session: March Of The Kings Of Laois.
I didn’t learn this from the chieftains, though. I can’t remember what piping CD I learned this from, however. 
I know you can find that tune on the NPU video# 3. You can listen to the song on the CD they give you and also it comes with the notation. I hope this helps Good Luck..I love this tune!!
I knew I had solo pipes doing it somewhere.
I always forget the tutors…
Thanks all, good to know it’s on the NPU video! I haven’t gotten that one yet.
Will try the Sessions notation, as it seems to be the one Paddy M. plays(?)
Funny thing though, I copied the one from the Chieftains CD to my computer, ran it slowly through Slowdowner, and while it appears to be a simple, straight-forward tune, played very nicely, Paddy is doing a whole lot of things there!! Almost mind boggling what all goes into a tune, when played by an expert.