O' Reilly of Athcarne - irishtune.info

Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	Mode ?
Set dance	40	A Dorian

Discography

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).
1992	5#1	[JRyan] Joe Ryan. An Buachaill Dreoite. Joe Ryan (fiddle).
~1993	5#2	[SnugBl] Paddy O'Brien, Jamie Gans, Daithi Sproule. Snug in the Blanket. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Jamie Gans (fiddle), Daithi Sproule (guitar).
~2007	8#1	[ATrgs 1] Athena Tergis. A Letter Home. Athena Tergis (fiddle).
~2016	8#1	[CVlly] Cillian Vallely. The Raven's Rock. Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Wee Folks' Revenge	SnugBl

Played before	On Albums
Few Bob	JRyan
An Buachaill Dreoite	ATrgs 1
John Naughton's	CVlly

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #138 in [Crln] The Complete Works of O'Carolan. [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): 1989

Tune ID#5043 (O' Reilly of Athcarne)

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Bibliography