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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1928 | 9#1 | [FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Frank Quinn (fiddle). |
1931 | 13#2 | [IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players. |
1931 | 17#2 | [GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. The Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band. |
1949 | 1.12#1 | [MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle). |
~1956 | 8#1 | [Rnys] The Raineys. The Raineys. Paddy Rainey (fiddle), Stephen Rainey (fiddle), Bridie 'Biddy' Rainey (vocals). For this tune: Paddy Rainey (fiddle). |
~1957 | 1.11#2 | [JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). |
~1967 | 2#1 | [WC 1] Willie Clancy. The Minstrel from Clare. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (whistle). |
~1969 | 8#1 | [McDoB] The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo. Larry McDonagh (flute), Michael Joe McDonagh (fiddle). |
~1972 | 2.12#2 | [EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (flute), with Joe O'Leary (fiddle). |
~1976 | 11#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Bb flute). |
~1981 | 2.5#1 | [LinL] Charlie Lennon and Mick O'Connor. Lucky in Love. Charlie Lennon (fiddle), Mick O'Connor (flute). For this tune: Charlie (fiddle). |
1985 | 1#2 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
1986 | 7#2 | [TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion). |
1986 | 10#2 | [MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle). |
~1993 | 12#2 | [CKeane 1] Conor Keane. Cooley's House. Conor Keane (accordion). |
1999 | 7#3 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Joe (fiddle). |
~2002 | 6#1 | [BRny 2] Brian Rooney. Leitrim to London. Brian Rooney (fiddle, accordion). |
2003 | 17#3 | [Mona] Live at Mona's. Eamon O'Leary (banjo), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Dana Lyn (fiddle). |
~2004 | 12#1 | [TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute). |
2007 | 13#2 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). For this tune: with Dympna O'Sullivan (concertina), Peter Laban (C pipes), Mick Kinsella (harmonica), Josephine Marsh (fiddle). |
~2010 | 11#3 | [CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
~2014 | 11#1 | [LoMulc 1] Louise Mulcahy. Tuning the Road. Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes, whistle). For this tune: (Bb whistle). |
~2018 | 10#2 | [A GD] Altan. The Gap of Dreams. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciarán Curran (bouzouki), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Martin Tourish (piano accordion). For this tune: Martin (piano accordion). |
~2020 | 8#2 | [RogRae1] Rogha Raelach. Volume 1. Seán Gavin (F flute). |