Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#231 (Brink of the White Rocks)
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Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Brink of the White Rocks, The / The Brink of the White Rock / Bruachna Carraige Báine / Bruach na Carraige Báine / Bruach na Carraige Baine / Is Truagh gan Oidhre 'nar bFharradh / Is Truagh gan Oidhre 'nar bhFharradh / The West's Asleep / The Lament for the Milesians (compare unusual versions #2550 and #3397)
Discography
Here is the sole recording of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
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| ~1996 | 7#1 | [BC] Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney. Meitheal. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú). |
Bibliography
Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.
| As tune #83 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. |
| As tune #7 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
| As tune #8 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. |
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