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.
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Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
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1921 | 1.16#1 | [PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). |
1934 | 1.10#1 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1934 | 4#1 | [MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1938 | 22#2 | [ITWWW] "If There Weren't Any Women in the World". The Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band: Jerry Moloney (fiddle), Tommy Whyte (fiddle), Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Aggie Whyte (fiddle), Tommy Whelan (flute), Stephen Moloney (flute). |
~1953 | 15#1 | [TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. Johnny Doherty (fiddle). |
~1960 | 1.20#1 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1961 | 8#2 | [SE 7] Séamus Ennis. Ceol, Scéalta agus Amhráin. Séamus Ennis (pipes, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (C# pipes). |
1967 | 1.3#1 | [SRyan C] Seán Ryan. A Collection of His Own Compositions and His Versions of Well Known Traditional Tunes. Seán Ryan (fiddle). |
~1967 | 7#1 | [SprklDwn] Hughie Gillespie and Frank Kelly. The Sparkling Dawn. Hughie Gillespie (fiddle), Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
1974 | 31#1 | [JD 3] John Doherty. The Celebrated Recordings. John Doherty (fiddle, vocals). |
~1977 | 10#2 | [SE 4] Séamus Ennis. Forty Years of Irish Piping. Seamus Ennis (pipes except where whistle or vocals noted). For this tune: (C pipes). |
~1979 | 9#1 | [MOC 1] Martin O'Connor. The Connachtman's Rambles. Martin O'Connor (accordion). |
~1979 | 1.16#1 | [AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). |
~1983 | 8#1 | [JMcKllp] Jim McKillop, Josephine Keegan. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. Jim McKillop (fiddle), Josephine Keegan (piano). |
~1984 | 1#1 | [KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
1987 | 12#1 | [JByrne 2] James Byrne. The Beirneach. Field Recordings of Donegal Fiddler James Byrne. James Byrne (fiddle). |
~1990 | 13#1 | [VK 1] Vinnie Kilduff. The Boys from the Blue Hill. Vinnie Kilduff (whistle, mandolin, guitar, keyboards, bass, bodhrán). |
~1993 | 9#1 | [JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (D melodeon). |
~1994 | 5#1 | [SRn 2] Seán Ryan. Minstrel's Fancy. Cliaraí Ceoil. Seán Ryan (whistle). |
1995 | 12#1 | [DRuss] Dale Russ. Irish Fiddle. Dale Russ (fiddle). |
1996 | 10#2 | [BrdgGap] Kevin Moloney, Sean Moloney. Bridging the Gap. Kevin Moloney (fiddle), Sean Moloney (flute). |
1996 | 12#1 | [FkKelly] Frank Kelly. Memories of Hughie Gillespie. Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
~1996 | 6#2 | [ECottr 1] Eamonn Cotter. Traditional Irish Music from County Clare. Eamonn Cotter (flute). |
~1996 | 10#2 | [LN 1] Laurence Nugent. Traditional Irish Music on Flute and Tin-Whistle. Laurence Nugent (flute, whistle). For this tune: (C whistle). |
~1997 | 12#1 | [NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes). |
~1999 | 9#1 | [DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle). |
2001 | 9#1 | [FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle). |
~2002 | 13#1 | [BRny 2] Brian Rooney. Leitrim to London. Brian Rooney (fiddle, accordion). For this tune: with Gregory Daly (Eb flute). |
~2002 | 15#2 | [RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: Peter O'Loughlin (Eb flute), Maeve Donnelly (flute). |
~2005 | 4#1 | [CTrsh] Ciaran Tourish. Down the Line. Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle). |
~2006 | 13#1 | [TEdey 1] Tim Edey. Irish Music from the Dingle Peninsula and Beyond. Tim Edey (accordion, whistle, banjo, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, double bass, percussion). For this tune: (accordion). |
~2008 | 1#2 | [BCw 2] Brian Conway. Consider the Source. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
~2010 | 15#1 | [BG 7] Bobby Gardiner. The High Level. Bobby Gardiner (accordion, melodeon, vocals). |
~2011 | 7#1 | [FScahl 2] Fergal Scahill. Wayfaring. Fergal Scahill (fiddle, guitar, bodhrán). |
~2014 | 12#2 | [ACrby 2] Angelina Carberry. Pluckin' Mad. Angelina Carberry (banjo, tenor guitar). |
~2015 | 10#1 | [HRich 1] Haley Richardson with Dylan Richardson. Heart on a String. Haley Richardson (fiddle), Dylan Richardson (guitar, bouzouki). |
~2017 | 14#1 | [DFln] Declan Folan. All in Good Time. Declan Folan (fiddle). |
~2024 | 3#2 | [LaneGlen] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Daithí Gormley, Samantha Harvey. Lane to the Glen. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Daithí Gormley (accordion), Samantha Harvey (piano). |