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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	16	AB	D 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).
1929	2.19#1	[PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). For this tune: with Walter Lally (banjo).
1936	9#2	[BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy Killoran (fiddle).
1949	1.6#2	[MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle).
1951	24#2	[IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Michael Gorman (fiddle), Mick Flynn (flute).
~1959	7#1	[LR 2] Leo Rowsome. The King of the Pipers. Leo Rowsome (pipes).
1962	32#2	[JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). For this tune: Four Courts: Jimmy (fiddle), Paul Gross (fiddle), Mickin Gorman (flute), Michael Plunkett (recorder), Tommy Maguire (accordion).
1968	2.28#4	[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals).
~1975	2.9#2	[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. John Whelan (accordion).
~1975	3#2	[4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: John Whelan (accordion).
~1984	6#2	[KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Matt Molloy (flute).
~1989	1#5	[BlaMrl] P.J. agus Marcus Hernon. Béal a' Mhurlaigh. P.J. Hernon (accordion, melodeon), Marcus Hernon (flute). For this tune: (accordion), (flute).
~1996	27#3	[CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Séamus Horan (fiddle).
1999	11#2	[JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Sligo Maid	BtB, MDhrty, IFM, JPwr, MGm, CmA 1
Maud Miller	FTIM, 4IC, BlaMrl
Bloom of Youth	KB UC
Mayor Harrison's Fedora	JWh 8

Played before	On Albums
Green Groves of Erin	PJConlon
My Sweetheart Jane	LR 2
Road to Cashel	KB UC
Limestone Rock	JWh 8

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 #138 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
On page 77 of [NF] Allen Feldman. The Northern Fiddler. [available]
As reel #54 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
In [SK] Sean Keane. Fifty Fiddle Solos. [available]
As reel #223 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): 1929

Tune ID#1328 (Molloy's)

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