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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1926 | 16#1 | [IFM] Past Masters of Irish Fiddle Music. Jim Morrison (fiddle). |
1928 | 2.16#1 | [PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). |
1928 | 8#1 | [IDM 2] Past Masters of Irish Dance Music. Peter Conlon (accordion). |
1940 | 6#3 | [SE 6] Séamus Ennis. The Return from Fingal. Séamus Ennis (pipes, vocals). |
~1955 | 24#2 | [TnRadio] Tuning the Radio. Aggie Whyte (fiddle), Eddie Moloney (flute). |
~1963 | 1#2 | [SaaS] Peadar Ó Lochlainn and Aggie Whyte. Seancheol ar an Seannós. Peadar Ó Lochlainn (flute), Aggie Whyte (fiddle). |
~1973 | 1#2 | [SE 2] Seamus Ennis. The Pure Drop. Seamus Ennis (pipes). For this tune: (C# pipes). |
~1974 | 7#1 | [KCB 3] [The Kilfenora Ceili Band]. [The Kilfenora Céilí Band]. |
~1978 | 1.2#2 | [FlgDub] Paddy Glackin, Mick Gavin, Michael O'Brien. The Flags of Dublin. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Mick Gavin (flute), Michael O'Brien [known later as:] Mick O'Brien (pipes). For this tune: Paddy (fiddle). |
~1979 | 1#1 | [BMu 1] Brendan Mulvihill, accompanied by Mick Moloney. The Flax in Bloom. Traditional Irish Music. Brendan Mulvihill (fiddle), Mick Moloney (guitar, bouzouki, mandolin). |
~1979 | 1.9#2 | [AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). |
~1984 | 10#2 | [KB UC] Kevin Burke. Up Close. Kevin Burke (fiddle). For this tune: with Joe Burke (accordion). |
~1986 | 2.2#1 | [RtH] Round the House. Music for the Sets - Vol. 1. Neillidh Mulligan (C# pipes), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle). |
1987 | 21#1 | [WmSullvn] William Sullivan. Traditional Irish Music. William Sullivan (accordion). |
~1989 | 16#2 | [PMrphy] Paddy Murphy. In Good Hands. Field Recordings from a Pioneer of the Irish Concertina. Paddy Murphy (concertina). |
~1995 | 16#2 | [MMR 1] Mike and Mary Rafferty. The Dangerous Reel. Mike Rafferty (flute, whistle, pipes), Mary Rafferty (accordion, flute, whistle). |
~1997 | 9#3 | [NMllgn 2] Neil Mulligan. The Leitrim Thrush. Neil Mulligan (C# pipes). |
~2002 | 12#1 | [RBPOL 2] Ronan Browne and Peter O'Loughlin. Touch Me If You Dare. Ronan Browne (pipes, flute), Peter O'Loughlin (fiddle, flute). For this tune: (pipes), (fiddle). |
2003 | 5#2 | [Mona] Live at Mona's. Patrick Ourceau (fiddle), Brian Holleran (flute). |
~2008 | 1#2 | [OCHrn 1] Oisín and Conal Hernon. Up and Coming. Oisín Hernon (accordion, whistle), Conal Hernon (banjo, guitar). |
2009 | 6#2 | [Hmmrs] The Hammers. From Distant Shores. Paul Hammer (mandolin, banjo), Susan Hammer (whistle, concertina). For this tune: (low A whistle). |
~2009 | 8#2 | [MulcFam3] Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy. Reelin' in Tradition. Mick Mulcahy (accordion, melodeon), Louise Mulcahy (flute, pipes), Michelle Mulcahy (concertina, fiddle, harp, piano). For this tune: Michelle (concertina). |
2012 | 4#1 | [BrtEarly] Paddy O'Brien, Nathan Gourley, and Dáithí Sproule. Bright and Early. "Something to Crow About". Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Nathan Gourley (fiddle), Dáithí Sproule (guitar). |
2016 | 14#3 | [TrklHwl] John Blake, Mairéad Hurley, Nathan Gourley. The Truckley Howl. John Blake (guitar, flute, piano), Mairéad Hurley (concertina), Nathan Gourley (fiddle, guitar). |