Also known as Jim Morrison’s, Lyon’s Favourite, Lyons’ Favourite, Maurice Carmody’s Favourite, Maurice Carmondy’s Favourite, Morrison’s Aaron, Morrison’s Comedy, Morrison’s No. 1, Paddy Stack’s Fancy, Port Ui Mhuirgheasa, Stick Across The Hob, The Stick Across The Hob, The Stick On The Hob, Tom Carmondy’s Favourite.
I’m a fifty-something German trad musician building an Irish repertoire on the whistle as a retirement project.
I can read music but I realised learning ITM is much easier without the dot-detour.
If I start working on a tune from dots, it takes me much longer to learn it by heart than when I absorb it from ABC notation.
The quickest way I’ve found to learn tunes (so far...) is to use color-coded ABC, reducing the structure as much as possible. 
