Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2191 (Ar Éireann Ní Easfoinn Cé Hí)

RhythmMode
AirG Major
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Ar Éireann Ní Easfoinn Cé Hí / Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí / Ar Éireann ní neosfainn cé hí / Ar Eirinn ní Neosfainn Cé Hí / Ar Éireann ní Neosfainn Cé Uí / Ar Éirinn Ní Nosfainn Cé hí / Erin Ni Neosainn Ce Hi / For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name / For Ireland I Would not Tell Her Name / The River Lee / I Am a Disconsolate Rake / Storeen Machree (also as song, included here; also in A or D)
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cd 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). Album details
and contents
~199310#1[MR 2] Micho Russell. The Limestone Rock. Micho Russell (whistle).View album details
~19967#1[DD HR] De Dannan. Hibernian Rhapsody. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, flute), Alec Finn (bouzouki, guitar), Colm Murphy (bodhrán), Derek Hickey (accordion), Tommy Flemming (vocals).View album details
19971.12#1[Drv 4] Dervish. Live in Palma. Cathy Jordan (vocals), Liam Kelly (flute), Shane McAleer (fiddle), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Brian McDonagh (mandola, guitar), Micheal Holmes (bouzouki).View album details
~200210#1[JFtg] Joe Fitzgerald. Hills of Clare. Joe Fitzgerald (accordion).View album details

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.

As tune #87 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #7 in volume 1 of [AW] Eithne Vallely. Learn to Play the Tin Whistle.
On page 8 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. [available]
On page 24 of [T] Fintan Vallely. Timber. The Flute Tutor. 2nd Edition. [available]
On page 137 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]

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): 1903
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