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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1919 | 22#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
1928 | 9#3 (1:49) | [WW 2] The Wheels of the World. Early Irish-American Music. Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 1930s. Vol. 2. James Morrison (fiddle). |
1928 | 18#3 | [BtB] Paddy Killoran, James Morrison. From Ballymote to Brooklyn. Paddy Killoran (fiddle), James Morrison (fiddle). For this tune: James Morrison (fiddle). |
1928 | 19#1 | [BFair] Ballinasloe Fair. Early Recordings of Irish Music in America. Michael Cashin (fiddle). |
1937 | 10#1 | [IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Michael Grogan (accordion). |
1940 | 6#1 | [SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1941 | 3#2 | [GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. William Andrews. |
~1947 | 2.1#1 | [JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes). |
1957 | 1.9#3 | [SltSdt] Seoltaí Séidte. Setting Sail. Denis Murphy. |
~1959 | 6#3 | [GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. Denis Murphy (fiddle). |
~1959 | 21#1 | [CmA 1] The Coleman Archive Vol. 1: The Living Tradition. Mary Ellen Giblin (fiddle). |
1960 | 1.6#1 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb pipes). |
~1961 | 2#1 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Noel Tansey (flute). |
~1962 | 1#2 | [GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. Liam Walsh. |
~1969 | 7#2 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Des O'Connor (flute). |
1973 | 13#1 | [WC 3] Willie Clancy. The Pipering of Willie Clancy. Volume 2. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1973 | A.5#1 | [AClareSn] Willy Clancy and various. A Clare Session with Willy Clancy and Friends. Willy Clancy (pipes), presumably with Peadar O'Loughlin (flute), Jimmy Ward (banjo), Martin Talty, and others. |
~1975 | 1#1 | [PK 1] Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1978 | B.2#1 | [NF] Joe Shannon, Johnny McGreevy. The Noonday Feast. Joe Shannon (pipes), Johnny McGreevy (fiddle). |
~1981 | 8#2 | [CtL] Peg McGrath, Mary Mulholland, Kathleen Smyth. Cherish the Ladies. Disc 9 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Peg McGrath (flute), Kathleen Smyth (fiddle), Mary Mulholland (piano). |
~1988 | 7#2 | [RBPOL 1] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. The South West Wind. Traditional Music from County Clare. Ronan Browne (pipes), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle). For this tune: (B pipes), (fiddle). |
~1991 | 12#2 | [PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). For this tune: with Robbie Hannan (B pipes). |
1992 | 1.3#2 | [SDI 1] Set Dances of Ireland. Volume 1. Michael Tubridy (flute), Tommy McCarthy (concertina), Junior Crehan (fiddle), Eamon McGivney (fiddle). |
~1995 | 13#3 | [KC 1] Kevin Crawford. 'D' Flute Album. Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán). For this tune: (flutes). |
~1997 | 5#3 | [CKeane 2] Conor Keane. Oidhreacht. Conor Keane (accordion). |
1999 | 2#1 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Gerdie (concertina). |
~1999 | 1#2 | [Drv 5] Dervish. Midsummer's Night. Cathy Jordan (vocals, bodhrán, bones), Tom Morrow (fiddle, viola, vocals), Shane Mitchell (accordion), Liam Kelly (flute, whistle), Séamus O'Dowd (guitar, fiddle, harmonica, vocals), Michael Holmes (bouzouki), Brian McDonagh (mandola, mandolin, vocals). For this tune: 1st 2 times Liam (flute). |
2001 | 2#2 | [FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
~2002 | 3#3 | [LitN] Christy Barry, Conor McCarthy, Cyril O'Donoghue. Late . . . in the Night. Christy Barry (flute, whistle, spoons), Conor McCarthy (accordion), Cyril O'Donoghue (bouzouki, guitar). |
~2005 | 1#1 | [JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle). For this tune: (banjo). |
~2005 | 3#3 | [MMhn] Martin Meehan. Three's Company. Martin Meehan (flute, bodhrán). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~2005 | 1#2 | [DPower 2] David Power. My Love Is in America. David Power (pipes). |
2008 | 10#3 | [RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki). |
~2008 | 3#2 | [TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle). For this tune: with Jerry O'Sullivan (pipes). |
2009 | 1#3 | [RoClare] Riches of Clare. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Charlie Harris (accordion), Conal Ó Gráda (flute). |
~2014 | 17#2 | [RBysFam] Randal Bays and Family. A Rake of Tunes. Randal Bays (fiddle), Susan Waters (fiddle), Willie Bays (flute), Owen Bays (concertina). |
~2024 | 11#3 | [LaneGlen] Oisín Mac Diarmada, Daithí Gormley, Samantha Harvey. Lane to the Glen. Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Daithí Gormley (accordion), Samantha Harvey (piano). |