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.
Click 
below to hear the first 12 seconds.
below to hear the first 12 seconds.| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune? |
[Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1969 | 24#1 | [McDoB] The McDonaghs of Ballinafad and Friends Play Traditional Music of Sligo. Larry McDonagh (flute), Michael Joe McDonagh (flute), Tommy Flynn (fiddle). |
| ~1977 | 3#2 | [AM] Andy McGann and Paul Brady. It's A Hard Road to Travel. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
| ~1980 | 5#2 | [JKn 2] James Keane. Roll Away the Reel World. James Keane (accordion). |
| ~1986 | 2.4#2 | [MMulv 2] Martin Mulvihill. The Humors of Glin. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle). |
| 1996 | 2#2 | [TF] Martin Dowling, Christine Dowling, Daithi Sproule. A Thousand Farewells. Martin Dowling (fiddle), Christine Dowling (flute, vocals), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
| ~1996 | 15#2 | [SBw] Folan and Davey. Skin and Bow. Declan Folan (fiddle), Junior Davey (bodhrán). For this tune: with Andy Davey (fiddle). |
| ~1997 | 5#2 | [PCny] Paddy Canny. Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler. Paddy Canny (fiddle). |
| ~1998 | 1.10#2 | [ESL 1] An Evening in Sliabh Luachra. Volume One. A Collection of Traditional Music and Song from the Sliabh Luachra Area. Connie Moynihan (fiddle), Dan Herlihy (accordion), Denis O'Connor (banjo). |
| ~1998 | 14#2 | [MMR 2] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Old Fireside Music. Mike Rafferty (flute, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, whistle). For this tune: Mike (pipes). |
| ~1999 | 10#1 | [DzDnly 1] Dezi Donnelly. Familiar Footsteps. Dezi Donnelly (fiddle). |
| ~1999 | 22#1 | [MtRd] The Mountain Road. A Compilation of Tunes Popular in South Sligo. Paddy Ryan (fiddle), with Jim Corry (piano). |
| 2000 | 11#3 | [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#2 | [MMR 3] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Road from Ballinakill. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, lilting), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle, concertina). For this tune: Mike (flute), Willie Kelly (fiddle). |
| ~2003 | 1.21#2 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Harry McGowan (flute). |
| ~2003 | 2.18#1 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Thomas Bernard Ryan (flute). |
| ~2004 | 2#1 | [JCnly 3] Johnny Connolly. An Mileoidean Scaoilte. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). |
| ~2009 | 2#2 | [LmKlly] Liam Kelly. Sweetwood. Liam Kelly (flute, whistle). |
