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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~1974 | 12#1 | [KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. |
~1975 | 2.13#1 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. John Whelan (accordion). |
~1975 | 7#1 | [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). |
1976 | 9#2 | [JsMcD] Josie McDermott. Darby's Farewell. Josie McDermott (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (flute). |
~1976 | 7#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
1978 | B.4#1 | [ECahill] Eddie Cahill. Ah! Surely. Eddie Cahill (flute). |
~1986 | 2.1#1 | [MMulv 2] Martin Mulvihill. The Humors of Glin. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle). For this tune: with Donie (Eb flute). |
~1999 | 6#1 | [CODnl 1] Colm O'Donnell. Farewell to Evening Dances. Colm O'Donnell (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (flute). |
~2002 | 2.6#1 | [MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums). |
~2003 | 1#1 | [KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion). |
~2006 | 5#1 | [JasCt] James Carty. Upon My Soul. James Carty (flute). For this tune: (F flute), with John Carty (banjo). |
~2008 | 10#3 | [AtR 3] At the Racket. It's Not Racket Science. John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Séamus O'Donnell (flute, saxophone, vocals), Brian McGrath (piano, tenor guitar, banjo), Michael McCague (guitar, tenor guitar, bouzouki). |
~2013 | 10#1 | [GOMra] Garry O'Meara. Pickin' Time. Garry O'Meara (banjo, mandolin). For this tune: (banjo). |
2018 | 4#2 | [StDunne] Stevie Dunne. Live at the Crosskeys Inn. Stevie Dunne (banjo, guitar). |