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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~1963 | 8#3 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). |
~1978 | 2.1#2 | [Boys 7] Boys of the Lough. Wish You Were Here. Highlands and Islands Tour. Dave Richardson (mandolin, banjo), Aly Bain (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (flute, whistle), Robin Morton (bodhrán, concertina). For this tune: Cathal (flute). |
~1984 | 12#2 | [BBow 1] Jackie Daly, Séamus & Manus McGuire. Buttons and Bows. Jackie Daly (accordion, concertina), Séamus McGuire (fiddle, viola), Manus McGuire (fiddle). |
~1984 | 5#1 | [KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
~1986 | 1#3 | [SEgn 1] Seamus Egan. Traditional Music of Ireland. Seamus Egan (flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, pipes, tres). For this tune: (flute). |
~1987 | 6#1 | [FT] John Whelan, Eileen Ivers. Fresh Takes. John Whelan (accordion), Eileen Ivers (fiddle). |
1990 | 4#2 | [A RC] Altan. The Red Crow. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute, whistle, vocals), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki). For this tune: Frankie Kennedy (flute). |
1992 | 6#3 | [FVlly 2] Fintan Vallely and Mark Simos. Back to the Starry Lane. Irish and Scottish Traditional Music on Flute and Guitar. Fintan Vallely (flute), Mark Simos (guitar). |
~1993 | 7#2 | [JKn 3] James Keane. That's the Spirit. James Keane (accordion). |
1994 | 2#2 | [MH 2] Martin Hayes. Under the Moon. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
~1994 | 2.16#3 | [WFO 1] Wooden Flute Obsession. Seamus Egan (flute). |
~1996 | 1#1 | [SBw] Folan and Davey. Skin and Bow. Declan Folan (fiddle), Junior Davey (bodhrán). |
1998 | 8#2 | [Chlr 1] Chulrua. Barefoot on the Altar. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals). |
1998 | 1#2 | [JKn 6] James Keane and Friends. Live in Dublin. James Keane (accordion). |
~1998 | 16#1 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). For this tune: with Gerry O'Connor (banjo). |
~2000 | 6#3 | [MMcG 2] Michael McGoldrick. Fused. Michael McGoldrick (flute except where noted). |
2001 | 1#1 | [KlmFcy] Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy. The Kilmore Fancy. Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle). |
~2003 | 12#3 | [KitRec] Seán O'Driscoll and Larry Egan. The Kitchen Recordings. Seán O'Driscoll (banjo, bouzouki), Larry Egan (accordion). |
~2003 | 2.16#3 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Sean Ryan of Chicago (flute). |
~2004 | 4#1 | [TTItself] Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin. The Thing Itself. Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Peadar O'Loughlin (flute). |
2006 | 1#2 | [NNW] Eliot Grasso and Dave Cory. North-by-NorthWest. Eliot Grasso (pipes, flute), Dave Cory (banjo, guitar, octave mandolin). |
~2009 | 8#2 | [PoNY] Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Billy McComiskey, Brendan Dolan. Pride of New York. Joanie Madden (flute, whistle), Brian Conway (fiddle), Billy McComiskey (accordion), Brendan Dolan (piano). |
~2010 | 7#2 | [SBTE] Seamus Begley and Tim Edey. Disgrace Notes. Seamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Tim Edey (guitar, bass, vocals, piano, keyboard). For this tune: (D/D# accordion), with Níall (A/Bb accordion), Eoin (concertina). |
~2010 | 19#2 | [SPotts] Seán Potts. Number 6. Seán Potts (whistle). |
~2013 | 9#2 | [BHghs 3] Brian Hughes. The Beat of the Breath. Brian Hughes (whistle). |
~2014 | 9#3 | [Alt 1] The Alt. The Alt. John Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandola), Nuala Kennedy (vocals, flute, whistle), Eamon O'Leary (vocals, guitar, bouzouki). |