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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~1945 | 1.14#1 | [NBoyle] Néillidh Boyle. A Feeling in the Blood. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Néillidh Boyle (fiddle). |
1949 | 3.4#2 | [MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle). |
~1962 | 1.1#1 | [VCbl] Vincent Campbell. The Purple Heather. Vincent Campbell (fiddle). |
~1973 | 11#2 | [JJK] John and James Kelly with Michael Crehan and Michael Gavin. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. James Kelly (fiddle), John Kelly (fiddle). |
~1975 | 15#1 | [PK 1] Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan. Paddy Keenan (pipes, whistle). For this tune: 1st time solo (pipes), then with Paddy Glackin (fiddle). |
~1978 | 12#3 | [StWing 1] Stockton's Wing. Stockton's Wing. Jigs, Reels & Songs. Maurice Lennon (fiddle), Tommy Hayes (bodhrán, jew's harp), Kieran Hanrahan (banjo, harmonica, bouzouki), Paul Roche (flute, whistle), Tony Callanan (vocals, guitar, bouzouki). |
~1981 | A.6#2 | [SA] James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. Spring in the Air. James Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
~1981 | 20#2 | [KOS] James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule. Traditional Music of Ireland. James Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (vocals, guitar). |
~1983 | 9#2 | [JByrne 2] James Byrne. The Beirneach. Field Recordings of Donegal Fiddler James Byrne. James Byrne (fiddle). |
1990 | 1.5#1 | [JByrne 1] James Byrne. The Road to Glenlough. James Byrne (fiddle). For this tune: with Dermot McLaughlin (fiddle). |
1991 | 9#2 | [FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Séamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin. |
~1991 | 5#2 | [BIABH 3] Bringing It All Back Home. Volume 3. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Seamus Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). |
1995 | 1#3 | [WaMoDub] Paul McGrattan, Paul O'Shaughnessy. Within a Mile of Dublin. Paul McGrattan (flute), Paul O'Shaughnessy (fiddle). |
2001 | 9#4 | [A BI] Altan. Blue Idol. Not identified in liner notes. [Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dáithi Sproule (guitar)]. |
~2008 | 6#3 | [Fdl 1] Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Aidan O'Donnell. Fidil. Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle). For this tune: Ciarán. |
2019 | 1#2 | [Fdl 4] Fidil. Decade. Aidan O'Donnell (fiddle), Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle), Damien McGeehan (fiddle). |