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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#2048 (West Coast of Claire [The West Coast of Clare])

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Song

Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):

West Coast of Claire, The [The West Coast of Clare] (composed by Andy Irvine)

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Discography

Here is the sole recording of this song – considering only the indexed recordings.

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Year Recorded	Track #Tune?	[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~1973	6#1 (0:43)	[Plx 1] Planxty. Planxty. Liam O'Flynn (pipes, whistle), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandola, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Donal Lunny (vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán), Christy Moore (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bodhrán). For this tune: Andy Irvine.

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1973

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