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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~1971 | 9#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). |
~1976 | 6#1 | [MM 1] Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy. Matt Molloy (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~1982 | 6#2 | [KB Pt] Kevin Burke and Mícheál Ó Domhnaill. Portland. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, harmonium). |
~1992 | 8#2 | [PMcG 1] Paul McGrattan. The Frost Is All Over. Paul McGrattan (flute, whistle). |
~1994 | 8#1 | [JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). For this tune: (banjo). |
~1994 | 11#2 | [SRn 2] Seán Ryan. Minstrel's Fancy. Cliaraí Ceoil. Seán Ryan (whistle). For this tune: with Patsy (piano). |
1998 | 8#3 | [LMlltt 1] Larry Mallette and Friends. 'Til Time Is No More. Larry Mallette (flute, whistle). For this tune: (whistle). |
~1998 | 10#2 | [JRSLCB 2] Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band. Music for Set Dancing Vol. II. Johnny Reidy (accordion). |
1999 | 8#1 | [JWh 8] John Whelan. Celtic Roots. John Whelan (accordion). |
~1999 | 29#1 | [MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Harry McGowan (flute), Mick Loftus (flute). |
~1999 | 5#2 | [NVall 1] Niall Vallely. Beyond Words. Niall Vallely (concertina, keyboard). |
2000 | 11#2 | [MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). For this tune: (G#/D# concertina). |
~2000 | 3#1 | [JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion). |
2001 | 4#2 | [PHCB] Public House Ceili Band. Go Figure. Dan Cobb (banjo), Dave Delgado (whistle), Alan Ng (fiddle), Bob Newton (octave mandolin). |
2001 | 3#2 | [KHys 1] Kitty Hayes. A Touch of Clare. Kitty Hayes (concertina). |
~2003 | 3#1 | [MMlvy] Mick Mulvey. Within a Mile o' Jamestown. Mick Mulvey (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~2005 | 1.11#2 | [WFO 3] Wooden Flute Obsession 3. Brid O'Donohue (flute). |
2006 | 15#2 | [MMrch 2] Marcas Ó Murchú. Turas Ceoil. Marcas Ó Murchú (flute, whistle). For this tune: (D flute), with Nóra Ó Murchú (fiddle). |
2007 | 10#2 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). |
~2007 | 12#1 | [PttW] Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn. Pathway to the Well. Matt Molloy (flute), John Carty (fiddle), Arty McGlynn (guitar). |
~2008 | 12#3 | [COG 2] Conal Ó Gráda. Cnoc Buí. Conal Ó Gráda (flute). |
~2016 | 11#1 | [CMcMlln] Christopher McMullan. Uilleann Tales. Christopher McMullan (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (low D whistle). |