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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~1991 | B.1#1 | [MotS 1] Monks of the Screw. Bráithre an Óil. Timmy O Connor (accordion), Paudy Scully (flute), John Drew (mandocello), Tim Browne (bouzouki). For this tune: Paudy (flute). |
~1996 | 9#1 | [Skylrk 4] Skylark. Raining Bicycles. Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Gerry O'Connor (fiddle, viola), Len Graham (vocals), Garry Ó Briain (guitar, mandocello, keyboards, vocals). |
~1999 | 10#2 | [CODnl 1] Colm O'Donnell. Farewell to Evening Dances. Colm O'Donnell (flute, whistle, vocals). For this tune: (flute), with Seamus O'Donnell (flute). |
~2000 | 1#1 | [DH 3] Dan Herlihy and John Drew. The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew. Dan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello). |
2010 | 7#3 | [MCrJD 1] Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly. The Living Stream. Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Jackie Daly (accordion). |
2015 | 7#1 | [LKPD] Liam Kelly and Philip Duffy. Sets in Stone. Liam Kelly (flute), Philip Duffy (fiddle). |