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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1967 | 1.2#1 | [SRyan C] Seán Ryan. A Collection of His Own Compositions and His Versions of Well Known Traditional Tunes. Seán Ryan (fiddle). |
~1972 | 10#1 | [BHCMoher] Sean Ryan, Kathleen Ryan, Pat Lyons. Back Home to the Cliffs of Mohir [sic]. Sean Ryan (fiddle), Pat Lyons (accordion), Kathleen Ryan (piano). |
~1980 | 9#1 | [DD 3] Dé Danann. Mist Covered Mountain. Frankie Gavin (fiddle, viola, whistle), Jackie Daly (accordion), Charlie Piggott (banjo, mandolin, steel guitar), Alec Finn (bouzouki, mandocello, steel guitar), Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh (bodhrán, bones). For this tune: 1st time solo Charlie (banjo), 2nd time with Frankie Gavin (fiddle), 3rd time adds Jackie (accordion). |
1992 | 12#1 | [MH 1] Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes. Martin Hayes (fiddle). |
~1992 | 11#1 | [MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. Terry Crehan (fiddle), Matt Molloy (flute). |
~1994 | 13#1 | [JCt 1] John Carty and Brian McGrath. The Cat that Ate the Candle. John Carty (banjo, fiddle), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo). For this tune: (banjo). |
~1996 | 4#1 | [ECotter] Eamonn Cotter. Traditional Irish Music from County Clare. Eamonn Cotter (flute). |
~1997 | 17#1 | [KHe] Kevin Henry. One's Own Place - A Family Tradition. Kevin Henry (flute, whistle, pipes, vocals). |
~1998 | 2#2 | [KH] Kieran Hanrahan. Kieran Hanrahan Plays the Irish Tenor Banjo. Kieran Hanrahan (banjo). |
2000 | 10#3 | [MOR 1] Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh. The Nervous Man. Traditional Irish Music on Concertina. Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina). For this tune: (G#/D# concertina). |
~2000 | 5#1 | [MMcNmr 2] Mary MacNamara. The Blackberry Blossom. Mary MacNamara (concertina). For this tune: (C/G concertina). |
2001 | 6#2 | [LFJW] Liam Farrell and Joe Whelan. They Sailed Away from Dublin Bay. Liam Farrell (banjo), Joe Whelan (accordion). |
~2004 | 3#2 | [Ovld] Randal Bays and Dáithí Sproule. Overland. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar), Dáithí Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
~2007 | 10#1 | [Chlr 3] Chulrua. The Singing Kettle. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals). |
2008 | 16#2 | [RBys 3] Randal Bays. Dig with It. Randal Bays (fiddle, guitar, harp). |
~2009 | 1#2 | [MulcFam3] Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. Reelin' in Tradition. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, melodeon), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (concertina, fiddle, harp, piano). |
~2009 | 11#2 | [KClns 2] Kathleen Collins. My Book of Songs. Kathleen Collins (fiddle). |
2014 | 5#1 | [Unfldg] Unfolding. Young Music from East Clare. Rosa Carroll (fiddle), Lily O'Connor (concertina). |
~2016 | 3#1 | [CVlly] Cillian Vallely. The Raven's Rock. Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |