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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~1962 | 1#2 | [BG 2] Bobby Gardiner. Memories of Clare. Bobby Gardiner (accordion). |
~1971 | 1.1#2 | [NaF 2] Na Filí. Farewell to Connacht. Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, accordion, vocals), Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Tom Barry (whistle). |
~1974 | 7#5 | [KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. |
~1981 | 2.1#1 | [JReidy 3] Johnny Reidy. Full Polka Set. Ireland's Number One. Johnny Reidy (accordion). |
1985 | 5#1 | [PCtCT] Paddy Carty and Conor Tully. Traditional Music of Ireland. Paddy Carty (flute), Conor Tully (fiddle). |
1985 | 9#2 | [Kn] Noel Hill and Tony MacMahon. In Knocknagree. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony MacMahon (accordion). |
~1986 | 10#2 | [HMSP] Joe Burke, Michael Cooney, Terry Corcoran. Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part. Joe Burke (accordion), Michael Cooney (pipes, whistle), Terry Corcoran (guitar, vocals). |
~1986 | 2.5#1 | [MMulv 2] Martin Mulvihill. The Humors of Glin. Martin Mulvihill (fiddle). For this tune: Donie (Eb flute). |
~1991 | 8#2 | [BIABH 3] Bringing It All Back Home. Volume 3. Bobby Casey, John Bowe, Tom Nagle, Ellish Byrne, Siobhan O'Donnell, Roger Sherlock. |
~1992 | 1#2 | [CR 1] Craobh Rua. The More That's Said the Less the Better. Mark Donnelly (pipes, whistle), Michael Cassidy (fiddle), Brian Connolly (banjo, mandolin, bodhrán), Jim Byrne (guitar, mandola, vocals). For this tune: 1st time Mark Donnelly (pipes). |
1994 | 8#2 | [MH 2] Martin Hayes. Under the Moon. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
1995 | 26#2 | [JOL 3] Johnny O'Leary. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. Johnny O'Leary (accordion). |
~1995 | 10#3 | [Arc 2] Arcady. Many Happy Returns. Johnny McDonagh (bones, bodhrán, triangle), Nicholas Quemener (guitar, flute, whistle, vocals), Patsy Broderick (piano, keyboards), Conor Keane (accordion), Brendan Larrissey (fiddle), Niamh Parsons (vocals). |
1997 | 3#1 | [OAces] O'Aces. Ón Oíche go Maidin. Martin Dowling (fiddle), Davy Maguire (flute), Jason O'Rourke (concertina), Kevin Dorris (bouzouki), Paul McSherry (guitar). |
~1998 | 4#2 | [JCnly 2] Johnny Connolly. Drioball na Fáinleoige. Johnny Connolly (melodeon, accordion, vocals). For this tune: (melodeon). |
~1998 | 9#3 | [MvC 2] Moving Cloud. Foxglove. Paul Brock (accordion), Maeve Donnelly (fiddle), Manus McGuire (fiddle), Kevin Crawford (flute, whistle, bodhrán), Carl Hession (piano). |
1999 | 5#2 | [MH 4] Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill. Live in Seattle. Martin Hayes (fiddle), Dennis Cahill (guitar). |
~1999 | 4#2 | [BRny 1] Brian Rooney. The Godfather. Brian Rooney (fiddle). For this tune: with Frankie Gavin (flute). |
2000 | 2.15#1 | [LaL] Lámh ar Lámh. Many Hands. various. |
~2000 | 13#7 | [JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion). |
~2002 | 2.4#4 | [MSCB] Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton Ceili Band. Michael Sexton (accordion), Caroline Tubridy (fiddle), Pat Curtin (flute), Brian Morgan (flute), Ralph Morgan (banjo), George Byrt (piano), Martin Garrihy (drums). |
2003 | 4#3 | [CSmth] Chris Smith with Roger Landes and Randal Bays. Coyotebanjo. Chris Smith (banjo, mandola, mandolin, field organ), Roger Landes (bouzouki), Randal Bays (fiddle). |
~2005 | 16#2 | [CDrny 4] Chris Droney. Down from Bell Harbour. Chris Droney (concertina). |
2007 | 11#3 | [KHys 2] Kitty Hayes. Remembered. In Concert in Glór and Bantry House. Kitty Hayes (concertina). |
~2007 | 10#3 | [GCB 2] The Glenside. Take the Floor with The Glenside. Tom Flood (accordion), Johnny Duffy (banjo), Moyra Fraser (keyboard, vocals), Aidan Flood (drums). |
~2008 | 15#2 | [COG 2] Conal Ó Gráda. Cnoc Buí. Conal Ó Gráda (flute). For this tune: (Eb flute). |
~2008 | 10#4 | [MOCCH 1] Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd. Crossroads. Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo, viola), Seamie O'Dowd (guitar, vocals, bass, mandolin, cabasa). |
~2008 | 10#2 | [BMcGrth] Brian McGrath. Pure Banjo. Brian McGrath (banjo, guitar, keyboards). |