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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~1920 | 1.7#1 | [PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). |
~1922 | 2.11#2 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1931 | 18#2 | [IDM 1] Irish Dance Music. Siams Gaedheal Ceilidhe Band. |
1936 | 25#1 | [GD] From Galway to Dublin. Early Recordings of Traditional Irish Music. James Morrison (fiddle). |
1937 | 24#1 | [FidDel] The Fiddler's Delight. Rare 78rpm Irish Fiddle Recordings 1921-1945. Paddy Killoran (fiddle). |
1945 | 4#3 | [LHGBoys] "Let Her Go Boys!". Danny O'Donnell (fiddle). |
~1947 | 2.5#1 | [JDrn] Johnny Doran. The Bunch of Keys. Johnny Doran (pipes). |
~1949 | 28#2 | [TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. Paddy Killoran (fiddle). |
~1949 | 12#1 | [TaisLFid] Taisce Luachmhar (Valuable Treasure) - The Fiddle Album. John Kelly (fiddle). |
~1958 | 10#2 | [TDMI] Traditional Dance Music of Ireland. The Jimmy Hogan Trio. |
~1959 | 11#2 | [SRPJM] Seán Ryan, PJ Maloney. Traditional Music of Ireland. Volume One. Digitally Remastered. Seán Ryan (fiddle), PJ Maloney (flute). |
~1959 | 2.18#1 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1964 | 3.2#1 | [NBoyle] Néillidh Boyle. A Feeling in the Blood. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Néillidh Boyle (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy Boyle (fiddle). |
1967 | 3#2 | [PitS] Paddy in the Smoke. Martin Byrnes (fiddle). |
~1967 | 9#2 | [SprklDwn] Hughie Gillespie and Frank Kelly. The Sparkling Dawn. Hughie Gillespie (fiddle), Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
1968 | 1.1#2 | [MByrnes2] Máirtín Byrnes. The Inimitable Máirtín Byrnes. Máirtín Byrnes (fiddle, vocal). |
1968 | 2.28#1 | [MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals). |
~1969 | 14#1 | [JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). For this tune: with Michael Gorman (fiddle). |
1971 | 22#2 | [TPtts] Tommy Potts. The Liffey Banks. Tommy Potts (fiddle). |
1973 | 10#1 | [KB SD] Kevin Burke. Sweeney's Dream. Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo, Ireland. Kevin Burke (fiddle). |
~1973 | 1.15#1 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Ted Furey (fiddle). |
~1973 | 2.22#1 | [FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Joe Burke (accordion). |
~1973 | 16#1 | [4IC] Joe Burke, Finbarr Dwyer, Kevin Loughlin, John Whelan. Pure Irish Traditional Accordion. Session with Four Irish Champions. Joe Burke (accordion), Finbarr Dwyer (accordion), Kevin Loughlin (accordion), John Whelan (accordion). For this tune: Joe Burke (accordion). |
~1974 | 26#1 | [JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). |
1975 | 1#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). For this tune: (concertina). |
1975 | 20#1 | [JnKlly] John Kelly. Irish Traditional Concertina and Fiddle Music. John Kelly (concertina, fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle). |
~1977 | 6#1 | [AM] Andy McGann and Paul Brady. It's A Hard Road to Travel. Andy McGann (fiddle), Paul Brady (guitar). |
1978 | 1.22#1 | [SRyan C] Seán Ryan. A Collection of His Own Compositions and His Versions of Well Known Traditional Tunes. Seán Ryan (fiddle). |
1978 | 15#2 | [KKgn] Kevin Keegan. The Music of Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan (accordion). |
1979 | 11#1 | [FVlly 1] Fintan Vallely. Traditional Irish Flute Music. Fintan Vallely (flute). |
~1981 | 31#1 | [JPwr] Jimmy Power. Go Home and Have Your Dinner. Jimmy Power (fiddle). |
~1984 | 2.14#1 | [MByrnes2] Máirtín Byrnes. The Inimitable Máirtín Byrnes. Máirtín Byrnes (fiddle, vocal). For this tune: with Seamus Ennis (C pipes). |
1985 | 4#1 | [PCtCT] Paddy Carty and Conor Tully. Traditional Music of Ireland. Paddy Carty (flute), Conor Tully (fiddle). For this tune: Paddy (flute). |
1987 | 18#1 | [WmSullvn] William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music. William Sullivan (accordion). |
1996 | 13#2 | [FkKelly] Frank Kelly. Memories of Hughie Gillespie. Frank Kelly (fiddle). |
~1996 | 4#1 | [JCt 2] John Carty. Last Night's Fun. John Carty (fiddle, banjo, flute). |
1999 | 16#2 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Joe (fiddle). |
~1999 | 13#2 | [Trc] Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and Patrick Ourceau. Tracin'. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (concertina), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle). For this tune: (fiddle), (Bb/F concertina). |
~2001 | 10#3 | [PACarb] Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry, John Blake. Memories from the Holla. Peter Carberry (accordion), Angelina Carberry (banjo), John Blake (guitar). For this tune: Peter Carberry (pipes). |
2008 | 1#3 | [RedW] The Red Wellies. The Red Wellies. Claudine "Beanie" Odell (fiddle), Duncan Wickel (fiddle, pipes), Vincent Fogarty (bouzouki). |
~2008 | 1#1 | [TDeM] Tony DeMarco. The Sligo Indians. Tony DeMarco (fiddle). |
~2015 | 4#3 | [HRich 1] Haley Richardson with Dylan Richardson. Heart on a String. Haley Richardson (fiddle), Dylan Richardson (guitar, bouzouki). For this tune: with John Whelan (accordion). |
~2015 | 12#2 | [CEgan] Claire Egan. Turning Tides. Claire Egan (fiddle). |