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Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?	Bars	8-bar phrase structure	Mode ?
Reel	32	AABB	G Major

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).
~1971	1.9#1	[FTIM] Festival of Traditional Irish [Music]. Discs 7 and 8 of Celtic Souls. Irish Celtic Ballads & Traditional Music. Kevin Loughlin (accordion).
~1977	2.5#3	[NaF 5] Na Filí. Chanter's Tune. Unidentified on this reissue, but from the original: Tomás Ó Canainn (pipes, vocals), Tom Barry (whistles, flute), Matt Cranitch (fiddle).
~1978	2#1	[MMlny 1] Mick Moloney with Eugene O'Donnell, Joe McKenna, Shelley Posen, Patrick Sky. Mick Moloney with Eugene O'Donnell, Joe McKenna, Shelley Posen, Patrick Sky. Mick Moloney (vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki), Eugene O'Donnell (fiddle), Joe McKenna (pipes, whistle), Patrick Sky (whistle), Shelley Posen (concertina, vocals, guitar). For this tune: Mick Moloney (banjo).
1999	8#3	[AMacN 1] Andrew Mac Namara. Dawn. Andrew Mac Namara (accordion).
~2000	12#2	[JLavelle] John Lavelle. @Home Alone. John Lavelle (accordion).
~2000	13#5	[JNolan] John Nolan. A Rake of Reels. John Nolan (accordion).
~2009	2#2	[DubMMe] Liam O'Connor and Seán McKeon. Dublin Made Me. Liam O'Connor (fiddle, viola), Seán McKeon (pipes).
~2011	1#3	[DOMhny 1] Danny O' Mahony. In Retrospect. Danny O' Mahony (accordion). For this tune: (D/D# accordion).
2012	15#3	[CtNGn] Caitlín Nic Gabhann. Caitlín. Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina, dance).
~2012	2#1	[JDwyer] John Dwyer. The Dursey Sound. John Dwyer (fiddle). For this tune: with Neil Byrne (fiddle), Lisa Byrne (fiddle).
~2014	19#2	[RBysFam] Randal Bays and Family. A Rake of Tunes. Randal Bays (fiddle), Susan Waters (fiddle), Willie Bays (flute), Owen Bays (concertina). For this tune: Randal (fiddle).
~2014	15#1	[NnNCsd] Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha. Draoícht na Feadóige. Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha (flute, whistle).

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In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played after	On Albums
Peeler's Jacket	NaF 5
Bunker Hill	AMacN 1
Trip to Durrow	JLavelle
Commodore	JNolan
Leitrim Thrush	DubMMe
Pigeon on the Gate	DOMhny 1
McGettrick's	CtNGn
Morning Star	RBysFam

Played before	On Albums
Maids of Castlebar	MMlny 1
Bloom of Youth	FTIM
George White's Favourite	JLavelle
Morning Dew	JNolan
Caha Mountains	JDwyer
Silver Spear	NnNCsd

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 reel #202 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #294 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
As tune #54 in [DM 3] Dave Mallinson. 100 Evergreen Irish Session Tunes. [available]
As tune #264 in [FT] Randy Miller. The Fiddler's Throne. [available]
As reel #18 in [JKg 3] Josephine Keegan. A Drop in the Ocean. Traditional Irish Tunes Collected by Josephine Keegan.
As tune #113 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [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): 1971

Tune ID#5496 (John Dwyer's)

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Discography

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Bibliography