An Cailín Rua - irishtune.info

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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).
~1971	1#1	[SB] Skara Brae. Skara Brae. Mícheál Ó Domhnaill (vocals, guitar, piano), with Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, bass bouzouki), Declan Sinnott (electric bass, electric guitar), Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals, clavinet), Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill (vocals), Dáithí Sproule (vocals, guitar).
~2007	1#1	[CAdz 1] Charlene Adzima. The Initiation. Charlene Adzima (fiddle, viola, vocals).
~2008	3#1	[KBoyle] Kathleen Boyle. An Cailín Rua. Kathleen Boyle (piano accordion, piano). For this tune: Julie Fowlis (vocals).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played before	On Albums
[untitled]	CAdz 1

Bibliography

I have found zero transcriptions of this song anywhere on the indexed books. Try my recommended links to other indexes if you need a transcription. If you want to actually learn to sing this song, simply learn it from a fellow singer or from a recording listed above. See also: Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music.

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering only the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1971

Tune ID#2760 (An Cailín Rua)

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