Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 392 (Coolin)

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):
Coolin, The / An Chúileann / An Chúilfhionn / An Chuilfhionn / The Coulin / Though the Last Glimpse of Erin / In this Calm Sheltered Villa / Oh! Hush the Soft Sigh / The Lady of the Desert (also in D; also as march on JD 5)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

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
~1947A.3#1[JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes).View album details
~19475#1[ICTM] various. Ireland. Irlande. View album details
~195910#1[LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes).View album details
~196918#1[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes).View album details
~19743#1[JD 5] John Doherty. The Floating Bow. John Doherty (fiddle).View album details
~197413#1[ItS] various. In the Smoke. View album details
~19836#1[JB 2] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion).View album details
~200011#1[EOR] Eoin Ó Riabhaigh. Tiomnacht. Handed On. Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (pipes).View album details
~200715#1[PHGH 2] Peter Horan and Gerry Harrington. The Merry Love to Play. Peter Horan (flute), Gerry Harrington (fiddle).View album details
~200713#1[TAM] Joe Burke, Brian Conway and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Andy McGann. Joe Burke (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).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 #89 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #43 in volume 1 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): 1903
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