Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 2424 (A Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis)

Type
Song
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
A Dhruimfhionn Donn Dílis / An Druimfhionn Donn Dílis / An Druimfhionn Donn Dilis / An Droimeann Donn Dílis / Drimin Donn Dilis / The Dear Brown Cow / The Beloved Silk of the Kine (also as air) (composed by Edward Walsh (text), trad. (tune))
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
194814#1[SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals).View album details
~19637#1[Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán).View album details
~19853#1[TWR] Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane, Robbie O'Connell with Liz Carroll. There Were Roses. Mick Moloney (vocals, banjo, mandolin, guitar), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (vocals, guitar).View album details

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order.

As tune #69 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [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): 1927
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