G'day JohniB,

The tune "3 flats (Eb/Cm)" sound suspiciously like the Clancy's book version. Having transposed it to A major - to get the best range for the whistle - I then simply changed the key signature to D major, without transposing.

This means the tune is, indeed, written out in D major notation ... and simply calls for a couple of passing G#s in the middle of a 6/8 triple note figure. (In fact, I reckon they can be treated as G natural without anyone noticing, so they are not critical to the tune ... but they are why I treated it as Dorian!) Treating the tune as a Dorian Em means dropping off the comfortable scale - at both ends!

I don't know if Shanghaiceltic wanted specific "penny whistle notation" ... I stopped fiddling with non-standard notations a few decades back, when I realised "real" music says it all ... far more eloquently ... and it can be understood by musicians without learning some arcane symbology!

Regards,

Bob