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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Double jig	48	AABBCC	G Major

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.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
1936	8#1	[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
1957	1.13#3	[SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Joe Devlin (fiddle).
~1958	22#2	[TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. The Jimmy Hogan Trio.
1965	1#1	[TMC] Joe Burke, Andy McGann, and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Michael Coleman. Joe Burke (accordion), Andy McGann (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).
~1974	13#2	[KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band].
1995	1#1	[JK 2] James Kelly and Zan McLeod. The Ring Sessions. James Kelly (fiddle), Zan McLeod (guitar, bouzouki).
~1996	11#1	[JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute).
~2000	3#2	[LLses 1] The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. The London Lasses and Pete Quinn. Bernie Conneely (banjo), Elaine Conwell (fiddle), Karen Ryan (fiddle, whistle), Sharon Whelton (flute, whistle).
2006	14#1	[TAM] Joe Burke, Brian Conway and Felix Dolan. A Tribute to Andy McGann. Joe Burke (accordion), Brian Conway (fiddle), Felix Dolan (piano).
~2007	4#3	[NNC 1] Niamh Ní Charra. Ón Dá Thaobh. From Both Sides. Niamh Ní Charra (fiddle, concertina). For this tune: (concertina).
~2008	5#1	[OCHrn 1] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar).
~2014	6#1	[ECrn 1] Éilís Crean. The Lonesome Fiddler. Celebrating the Music of Eddie Kelly and the East Galway Irish Music Tradition. Éilís Crean (fiddle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Cat in the Corner	TDMI
Queen of the Fair	SltSdt
Gold Ring	KCB 3
Tenpenny Bit	LLses 1
Trip to Athlone	NNC 1

Played before	On Albums
Pipe on the Hob	TMC, TAM
Coach Road to Sligo	BtB
Old Man Dillon	JK 2
Maid on the Green	JCt 2
Gallagher's Frolics	LLses 1
Bridal Jig	OCHrn 1
Paddy Fahey's Jig No. 5	ECrn 1

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #1098 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #290 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #14 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 69 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]
As jig #37 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #9 in [Cr] Matt Cranitch. The Irish Fiddle Book. [available]
As jig #72 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903

Tune ID#1167 (Luckpenny)

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Bibliography