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Tune ID#2231 (Bean an Fhir Rua)

Basic musical information on this tune.
Type ?
Song

Basic musical information on this tune.

Type ?

Song

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

Bean an Fhir Rua / Bean an Fhir Ruadh / The Red-Haired Man's Wife / The Red Haired Man's Wife / Red Haired Man's Wife / An Cailín deas Ruadh / Cailín deas Ruadh / An Cailín deas Rúa / The Pretty Red Haired Girl / The Caves of Cong (various settings included here) (compare as song #4843 and compare melody of songs Ar Maidin Dé Máirt #4700 and Beauty Deas an Oileáin #8182)

Discography

Here are all recordings 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).
1969	3#1	[Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). For this tune: 1st time Paddy Moloney (pipes).
~1989	12#1	[PBnPoc] Máire agus Séamus Ó Beaglaoich. Plancstaí Bhaile na bPoc. Máire ní Beaglaoich (vocals, piano, accordion), Séamus Ó Beaglaoich (vocals, accordion). For this tune: Séamus (vocals), Máire (vocals).
2000	2#1	[Ch W] The Chieftains. Water from the Well. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle, accordion), Derek Bell (harp, harpsichord, piano, tiompán), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals), Matt Molloy (flute).

Bibliography

Here are transcriptions of this song – considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #31 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #44 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #45 in volume 1 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As tune #24 in volume 3 of [R] Francis Roche. The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. 3 vols. [available]
As misc #60 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Tune ID#2231 (Bean an Fhir Rua)

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Discography

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