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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#1326 (Moll Dubh an Ghleanna)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?	Mode ?
Song	A Major

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

Moll Dubh an Ghleanna / Moll Dubh a' Ghleanna (also in D)

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Discography

Here are all recordings of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1983	4#1	[SoRua] Dolores Keane, John Faulkner. Sail Óg Rua. Dolores Keane (vocals, bodhrán), John Faulkner (vocals, fiddle, bouzouki, guitar). For this tune: Dolores (vocal).
1990	7#1	[A RC] Altan. The Red Crow. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki).

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 only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1983

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