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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

Discography

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).
~1958	1#3	[KCB 1] The Kilfenora Ceili Band. The Fabulous Kilfenora Ceili Band. P.J. Lynch (fiddle), Gus Tierney (fiddle), Jim McCormack (flute), Gerry Lynch (accordion), P. Mullins, T. Eustace, P. Madigan, Kitty Linnane (piano), G. O'Loughlin (drums).
~1959	2#2	[LNCB] Laichtín Naofa Céilí Band. Come to an Irish Dance Party. Willie Clancy (pipes), Martin Talty (pipes), Michael Falsey, J. C. Talty, Angela Merry (bass fiddle), Colm O'Connor (piano), Paddy Joe McMahon (accordion), Michael Sexton (accordion), Martin Malone (drums), Junior Crehan (fiddle), Christy Dixon (fiddle), Paddy Galvin (fiddle).
~1974	B.7#1	[McGrCool] McGreevy and Cooley. McGreevy and Cooley. John McGreevy (fiddle), Seamus Cooley (flute).
~1979	2.12#2	[AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle).
~1986	1.6#3	[RtH] Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Séamus Meehan (piano accordion), Paul O'Shaughessy (fiddle).
~1994	11#1	[SetFree] Tola Custy and Cyril O'Donoghue. Setting Free. Tola Custy (fiddle), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar).
~1995	2.14#2	[JV] John Vesey. Sligo Fiddler. John Vesey (fiddle). For this tune: with Ed Cahill (C# flute).
~1997	9#2	[CKeane 2] Conor Keane. Oidhreacht. Conor Keane (accordion).
2000	9#2	[RBys 2] Randal Bays. The Salmon's Leap. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar).
2009	11#2	[RoClare] Riches of Clare. Eamonn Cotter, Conor McCarthy, Oisín MacDiarmada, Padraic O'Reilly.
~2014	5#1	[NnNCsd] Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha. Draoícht na Feadóige. Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha (flute, whistle). For this tune: (D whistle).
~2015	5#2	[AtMcGn 2] Antóin MacGabhann, with Charlie Lennon. Tunesmith. Antóin MacGabhann (fiddle).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Ewe Reel	KCB 1
Earl's Chair	LNCB
Bunker Hill	AWhyte
Cameronian Reel	RtH
George White's Favourite	JV
Girl that Broke My Heart	CKeane 2
Green Grow the Rushes O	RBys 2
Drunken Tinker	RoClare
Farewell to Erin	AtMcGn 2

Played before	On Albums
Copperplate	LNCB
Cooley's	McGrCool
John Kelly's Concertina Reel	SetFree
Ewe Reel	CKeane 2
Christmas Eve	NnNCsd
Edenderry Reel	AtMcGn 2

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #88 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. [available]
As reel #108 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #35 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As reel #616 in [HN] Henrik Norbeck. Henrik Norbeck's Abc Tunes. [available]

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?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1958

Tune ID#2454 (Tim Moloney's)

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Bibliography