Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 428 (An Spealadóir)

TypeBarsMode
Song32D Mixolydian
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
An Spealadóir (also as a single part in the various versions of the hornpipe Cuckoo's Nest #429, #431 and #1256)
What do the "track#tune" codes mean?

cd 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). Album details
and contents
~198310#1[CA] Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. Ceol Aduaidh. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute).View album details

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1983
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