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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1927 | 12#1 | [MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1927 | 15#1 | [FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1927 | 11#1 | [IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
~1962 | 11#1 | [BG 2] Bobby Gardiner. Memories of Clare. Bobby Gardiner (accordion). |
~1963 | 1#4 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). For this tune: 1st time Paddy Moloney (pipes). |
~1967 | 9#1 | [SprklDwn] Hughie Gillespie and Frank Kelly. The Sparkling Dawn. Hughie Gillespie (fiddle), Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
~1969 | 25#1 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Johnny Henry (fiddle), Tommy Flynn (C whistle). |
~1970 | 7#1 | [FD 1] Finbarr Dwyer. [Finbarr Dwyer. Irish Traditional Accordionist]. Disc 2 of of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Finbarr Dwyer (accordion). |
~1970 | 1.1#1 | |
~1971 | A.1#2 | [SMcGJB] Sean McGuire and Joe Burke. Two Champions. Sean McGuire (fiddle), Joe Burke (accordion). |
~1971 | 14#1 | [ST BST] Seamus Tansey. [The Best of Seamus Tansey. Traditional Irish Flute]. Disc 1 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Seamus Tansey (flute). |
~1979 | 11#1 | [DncOBrn] Donncha Ó Briain. Ceol ar an bhFeadóg Stáin. Irish Traditional Music On Tin Whistle. Donncha Ó Briain (whistle). |
~1980 | 1.26#1 | [EMlny] Eddie Moloney. Eddie Moloney. Master Musician. Eddie Moloney (flute, fiddle, whistle, vocal). For this tune: (whistle). |
~1984 | 3#1 | [CmA 3] The Open Door. The Coleman Archive Volume 3. Andy McGann (fiddle). |
~1989 | 4#1 | [PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina). For this tune: with Peadar O'Loughlin (flute). |
1990 | 9#2 | [MLIIA] The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival - My Love Is in America. Séamus Connolly (fiddle), Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle). |
~1991 | 1#3 | [BT] Baal Tinne. . . . About Time. Noel Rice (flute, whistle), Kevin Rice (bodhrán, percussion), Cathleen Rice (fiddle), Matt Sundstrom (guitar), Paul Cienniwa (piano, keyboards). |
~1993 | 9#3 | [JKn 3] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion). |
~1993 | 1#3 | [MB 2] Mary Bergin. Feadóga Stáin 2. Mary Bergin (whistle). |
~1995 | 15#1 | [Whr] Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan. The Whirlwind. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Robbie Hannan (pipes). For this tune: (B pipes), (fiddle). |
1996 | 13#1 | [FkKelly] Frank Kelly. Memories of Hughie Gillespie. Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
~1996 | 11#1 | [JB 4] Joe Burke, Charlie Lennon. The Bucks of Oranmore. Joe Burke (accordion), Charlie Lennon (piano). |
1998 | 13#4 | [Chlr 1] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals). For this tune: Tim (flute). |
1999 | 12#3 | [Dnu 2] Danú. Think before You Think. Tom Doorley (flute, whistle), Eamon Doorley (bouzouki, mandola), Brendan McCarthy (accordion), Jesse Smith (fiddle, viola), Noel Ryan (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán, pipes), Ciarán Ó Gealbháin (vocals). |
~1999 | 11#2 | [JqMcC] Jacqueline McCarthy. The Hidden Note. Jacqueline McCarthy (concertina). For this tune: (C row of concertina). |
2001 | 5#2 | [FDys] Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin. Forgotten Days. Davy Spillane (pipes, whistle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
~2003 | 2.4#1 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Gregory Daly (Eb flute). |
~2007 | 3#4 | [ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle). For this tune: with Liz Carroll. |
~2008 | 1#1 | [BCw 2] Brian Conway. Consider the Source. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
~2008 | 7#2 | [RossBr] Ben Lennon and Tony O'Connell. Rossinver Braes. Ben Lennon (fiddle), Tony O'Connell (concertina). |
~2008 | 3#2 | [OCHrn 1] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar). For this tune: Oisín (whistle). |
~2011 | 14#3 | [StryGoes] Seán Tyrrell, Kevin Glackin, Ronan Browne. And So the Story Goes . . .. Seán Tyrrell (banjo, mandolin, mandola, mandocello, mandobass, tenor guitar, vocals), Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Ronan Browne (pipes, flute, whistle, bodhrán). |
~2011 | 10#2 | [BODFam] Bríd O'Donohue and Family. Cliabhán an Dúchais. Bríd O'Donohue (flute, whistle), Seán O'Brien (flute), Eibhlís O'Brien (pipes), Deirdre O'Brien (harp), Liam O'Brien (concertina), Sinéad O'Brien (fiddle). For this tune: Bríd O'Donohue (whistle), Deirdre O'Brien (whistle), Sinéad O'Brien (whistle). |
~2012 | 1#2 | [ECottr 2] Eamonn Cotter. The Knotted Chord. Eamonn Cotter (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~2015 | 6#2 | [HRich 1] Haley Richardson with Dylan Richardson. Heart on a String. Haley Richardson (fiddle), Dylan Richardson (guitar, bouzouki). |
~2017 | 8#3 | [Friel2] The Friel Sisters. Before the Sun. Anna Friel (flute, whistle, vocals), Sheila Friel (pipes, flute, whistle, vocals, Tibetan singing bowl), Clare Friel (fiddle, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Anna (flute). |