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The Irish Traditional Music Tune Index

Tune ID#2763 (Bánchnoic Éireann Ó)

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):
Bánchnoic Éireann Ó / The Fair Hills of Ireland Ó / The Fair Hills of Eire O! / Uailleacan dhuv O! / Song of Sorrow (also as air, included here) (composed by Donncha Rua Mac Conamara (text))
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Discography cd

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).
~19713#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).
20078#1
[CMcEv 3] Catherine McEvoy. The Home Ruler. Traditional Irish Flute Music. Catherine McEvoy (flute). For this tune: (C flute).
~20125#1
[LeChle] Séamus Begley and Oisín Mac Diarmada. Together. Le Chéile. Séamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle).

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 #370 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [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): 1903
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