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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1950 | 17#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). |
1953 | 11#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). For this tune: with John Doherty (fiddle). |
~1983 | 3#2 | [JByrne 2] James Byrne. The Beirneach. Field Recordings of Donegal Fiddler James Byrne. James Byrne (fiddle). |
~1986 | 34#1 | [CCssdy] Con Cassidy. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Con Cassidy (fiddle). For this tune: with Dermot McLaughlin (fiddle, octave lower). |
~1987 | 1#3 | [A 1] Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. Altan. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute). |
~1995 | 3#1 | [WatReeds] Tommy Keane, Jacqueline McCarthy, with Alec Finn. The Wind among the Reeds. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle), Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: Jacqueline (concertina). |
2003 | 7#4 | [Dnu 4] Danú. The Road Less Travelled. Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (vocals, flute, whistle), Benny McCarthy (accordion), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Oisin McAuley (fiddle, vocals), Tom Doorley (flute, whistle, vocals), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki), Donal Clancy (guitar). |
~2009 | 2#3 | [Fdl 2] Fidil. 3. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle), Damien McGeehan (fiddle). |