Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#1083 (O'Donnell's Lament)
| Rhythm ? | Mode ? |
|---|---|
| Air | G Major |
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
O'Donnell's Lament / Lament for O'Donnell / Caoineadh Uí Dhomhnaill / Caoine Uí Domhnaill / Caoine Uí Dhonaill (also as song)
Discography
Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 5#1 | [KF] Padraig O'Keefe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford. Kerry Fiddles. Padraig O'Keefe (fiddle), Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). |
| ~1969 | 19#1 | [SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle). |
| ~1979 | 5#1 | [BMu 1] Brendan Mulvihill, accompanied by Mick Moloney. The Flax in Bloom. Traditional Irish Music. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin). |
| ~1994 | 9#1 | [EI 1] Eileen Ivers. Eileen Ivers. Traditional Irish Music. Eileen Ivers (fiddle, mandolin, rainstick). |
| ~2006 | 2.14#1 | [WFO 3] various. Wooden Flute Obsession 3. |
Bibliography
Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| On page 36 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. |
| As tune #100 in [SIMB] Tony Sullivan. Sully's Irish Music Book. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?
Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1952