Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Skara Brae by Skara Brae

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Artist NameSkara Brae
Album TitleSkara Brae
MusiciansMícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano), with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, bass bouzouki), Declan Sinnott (electric bass, electric guitar), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet), Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dáithí Sproule (vocals, guitar).
Source and
other information		Gael-Linn CEFCD 031, 1998. Remaster of the 1971 album, recorded in 1971. Notes to reissue by Jim McCloskey and Cathal Ó Searcaigh. Includes printed lyrics and translations into English of all songs.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
2760		 Song An Cailín Rua / The Redhead
21 Tune Info
2761		 Song Suantraí Hiúdaí / Hiúdaí's Lullaby
31 Tune Info
2763		 Song Bánchnoic Éireann Ó / The Fair Hills of Ireland Ó / The Fair Hills of Eire O! / Uailleacan dhuv O! / Song of Sorrow (also as air, included here) (composed by Donncha Rua Mac Conamara (text))
41 Tune Info
2764		 Piece Angela (compare Exile's Jig #494) (composed by Dáithí Sproule, Micheál Ó Domhnaill)
51 Tune Info
2765		 Song Táim breoite go leor / I Am Quite Sick
61 Tune Info
2766		 Song Inis Dhún Rámha
71 Tune Info
2767		 Song An Saighdiúir Tréigthe / The Deserted Soldier
81 Tune Info
260		 Song Cad é sin don té sin? / Caide sin don té sin? / Since It's No One's Concern, No One Should Care / To Whom It Does Not Concern
91 Tune Info
2768		 Song An Chrúbach / The Troublesome Cow (compare melody to that of #3842 and of #4851)
101 Tune Info
2244		 Air Casadh an tSúgáin / Casadh an t Súgáin / The Twisting of the Rope (2nd in set Away with Ye on Ch 6)
111 Tune Info
2769		 Song Caitlín Óg (compare Molly na gCuach ní Chuilleanáin / The Curly Molly Nee Chull-in-an #1332)
121 Tune Info
2770		 Song Airdí Cuan
131 Tune Info
1870		 Song Tá mé 'mo Shuí / Tá Mé 'mo Shuí
141 Tune Info
2240		 Song An Buinneán Buí / An Buinneán Buidhe / The Yellow Bittern (also as air, included here; setting on SltSdt has totally different melody) (composed by Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna aka Cathal Buidhe Mac Giolla Gunna)
151 Tune Info
2771		 Song Caitlín Tiriall / Caitlín Triall / Caitlín Tirial / Caitlin Tirial / Kitty Tyrell / Kitty Tyrrell / Catherine Tyrrell / O! Blame Not the Bard / O Blame Not the Bard (the book sources included here, although similar to each other, are not very like the SB source)
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