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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1925 | 2.4#2 | [MC] Michael Coleman. Michael Coleman 1891-1945. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1925 | 10#2 | [MC 2] Michael Coleman. The Enduring Magic. Michael Coleman (fiddle). |
1950 | 23#2 | [TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Joe O'Dowd (fiddle). |
~1963 | 4#1 | [Ch 1] The Chieftains. The Chieftains. Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina), Seán Potts (whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), David Fallon (bodhrán). For this tune: 1st time Martin Fay (fiddle). |
~1980 | B.3#2 | [PGJJ] Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson. Hidden Ground. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Jolyon Jackson (cello, bouzouki, mandola, mandolin, dobro, guitar, bass, harmonica, bodhrán, synthesizer, tambourine, whistle, recorder). |
~1993 | 13#1 | [SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar). |
2001 | 6#1 | [GLPL 1] Grey Larsen and Paddy League. The Green House. Grey Larsen (flute, whistle, concertina, harmonium, field organ, piano), Paddy League (bodhrán, guitar). For this tune: (whistle). |
2001 | 13#1 | [A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)]. |
~2002 | 2#3 | [BCw 1] Brian Conway. First through the Gate. Brian Conway (fiddle). |
~2003 | 2.6#2 | [WFO 2] Wooden Flute Obsession 2. Sharon Creasey (flute). |
~2006 | 2#2 | [Tda 3] Téada. Inné Amárach. Seán McElwain (guitar, bouzouki, banjo), Damien Stenson (flute), Tristan Rosenstock (bodhrán), Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle, piano), Paul Finn (accordion). |
~2010 | 2#2 | [CYHCIt] Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. Comb Your Hair and Curl It. Catherine McEvoy (flute), Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). |
~2010 | 7#1 (0:20) | [Dingle] The Music of Dingle. Jeremy Spencer (fiddle). |
2011 | 8#1 | [ChiReel] Chicago Reel. Chicago Reel. Gerry Carey (accordion), Pauline Conneely (banjo, guitar), Rose Duffy (fiddle), Devin Shepherd (fiddle), Denis O'Sullivan (vocals), Jonathan Whitall (piano). |
~2016 | 12#1 | [MOhAn] Micheál Ó hAlmhain. Tuile agus Trá. The Flowing Tide. Micheál Ó hAlmhain (flute). |