Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID# 812 (Raibh tú ag an gCarraig?)

Rhythm
Air
Where do you get the tune titles?
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Raibh tú ag an gCarraig? / A' Raibh Tú ag an gCarraig? / An Raibh tú ag an gCarraig / An Raibh tú ag an gCarraig? / An Raibh tú ar an gCarraig? / An Rabhais ag an g Carraig / Have You Been at Carrick? / Were you at Carrick? / Have You Been at the Rock? / Were You at the Rock? / Were You at the Rock (also as song, included here)
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
~195128#1[AL] various. World Library of Folk and Primitive Music: Ireland. View album details
~196915#1[SatG] Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. The Star above the Garter. Fiddle music from Kerry, played by Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford. Denis Murphy (fiddle), Julia Clifford (fiddle).View album details
~196917#1[KR] Kevin Rowsome. The Rowsome Tradition. Kevin Rowsome (pipes).View album details
197113#1[TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle).View album details
~197311#1[Ch 3] The Chieftains. 3. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones).View album details
~198313#1[JB 2] Joe Burke with Máire Ní Chathasaigh. The Tailor's Choice. Joe Burke (flute, whistle, accordion).View album details
~20016#1[Beg 2] Beginish. Stormy Weather. Brendan Begley (accordion, vocals), Noel O'Grady (bouzouki), Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle), Gavin Ralston (guitar, keyboards), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle).View album details
~200211#1[BCw] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle).View album details
~20043#1[DF] The Dunne Family. Legacy. Mickey Dunne (pipes, fiddle, whistle), Niamh Dunne (fiddle, vocals, viola), Brid Dunne (fiddle).View album details
~20079#1[NNC] Niamh Ní Charra. Ón Dá Thaobh. From Both Sides. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina).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 #94 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #61 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
On page 35 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. [available]
On page 47 of [TOC] Tomás Ó Canainn. Traditional Music in Ireland. [available]
As tune #99 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [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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