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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1919 | 12#3 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
1969 | 1.13#1 | [WC 4] Willie Clancy. The Gold Ring. Willie Clancy (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
~1977 | 1.4#1 | [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). |
~1980 | A.5#1 | [PGJJ] Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson. Hidden Ground. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Jolyon Jackson (cello, bouzouki, mandola, mandolin, dobro, guitar, bass, harmonica, bodhrán, synthesizer, tambourine, whistle, recorder). |
~1985 | 10#2 | [CW] Matt Molloy and Sean Keane. Contentment Is Wealth. Matt Molloy (flute), Sean Keane (fiddle). |
1986 | 11#1 | [MCnnlly] Martin Connolly and Maureen Glynn. The Fort of Kincora. Martin Connolly (accordion), Maureen Glynn (piano, fiddle). |
~1991 | 5#3 | [TKn] Tommy Keane. The Piper's Apron. Tommy Keane (pipes, whistle). For this tune: (pipes). |
1992 | 20#1 | [DOEI] Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. Joe Shannon (pipes), John Williams (concertina), Seamus Connolly (fiddle). |
1997 | 2#2 | [RT 2] Reeltime. Live It Up. Máirin Fahy (fiddle, vocals), Éilís Egan (accordion), Luke Daniels (accordion), Chris Kelly (guitar, vocals), John Flatley (keyboards, vocals), Yvonne Fahy (percussion). |
1997 | 11#3 | [Lu 1] Lúnasa. Lúnasa. Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle), Mike McGoldrick (flute, whistle), John McSherry (pipes, whistle), Donagh Hennessy (guitar), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass). |
~1998 | 9#1 | [JCnly 2] Johnny Connolly. Drioball na Fáinleoige. Johnny Connolly (melodeon, accordion, vocals). For this tune: (C melodeon). |
~2000 | 1#3 | [EOR] Eoin Ó Riabhaigh. Tiomnacht. Handed On. Eoin Ó Riabhaigh (pipes). |
~2002 | 14#2 | [ECoy 1] Éamonn Coyne. Through the Round Window. Éamonn Coyne (banjo, guitar, mandolin). For this tune: (banjo, tenor guitar). |
~2002 | 17#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). |
~2002 | 11#2 | [TP 8] Tommy Peoples. Waiting for a Call. Tommy Peoples (fiddle). For this tune: with John Doyle (guitar). |
2004 | 13#1 | [TP 9] Tommy Peoples. Recorded at Fiddler's Hearth. Tommy Peoples (fiddle). |
~2006 | 13#1 | [DCB 1] The Doon Céilí Band. Around the World for Sport. Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Kate Dowling (flute), Laura MacKenzie (flute), Brian Miller (flute), Jode Dowling (fiddle), Django Amerson (fiddle), Sean Egan (piano). |