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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~1907 | 8#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
1921 | 2.2#1 | [PJConlon] Peter J. Conlon. The Genius of Peter Conlon. 78 RPM Recordings from 1917-1929. Peter J. Conlon (melodeon). |
1923 | 2#2 | [OTUS1] Oldtime Records. Vol. 1. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from the 1920's and 1930's. Flanagan Brothers: Joe Flanagan (accordion), Mike Flanagan (banjo). |
1929 | 21#2 | [OTUS1] Oldtime Records. Vol. 1. U.S. Recordings. Traditional Irish Recordings from the 1920's and 1930's. K. Scanlon (fiddle). |
1949 | 2.4#2 | [MDhrty] Mickey Doherty. Garvan Hill - The Fiddle Music of Mickey Doherty. Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal. Mickey Doherty (fiddle). |
~1951 | 1.33#1 | [AL2] The New Demesne. Field Recordings Made by Alan Lomax in Ireland, 1951. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). |
~1951 | 1.2#1 | [AWhyte] Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte. Aggie Whyte (fiddle). |
1953 | 13#1 | [FCssdy] Frank Cassidy. Níl Gar Ann! Frank Cassidy (fiddle). For this tune: with John Doherty (fiddle). |
~1953 | 10#1 | [JDJO] Joe Derrane and Jerry O'Brien. Irish Accordion Masters. Joe Derrane (accordion), Jerry O'Brien (accordion). For this tune: The Irish All Stars. |
~1969 | 5#2 | [GP] The Gentlemen Pipers. Classic Recordings of Irish Traditional Piping. Leo Rowsome. |
~1978 | 7#1 | [Blasket] Beauty an Oileáin. Music and Song of the Blasket Islands. Tomás Ó Dálaigh (fiddle). |
1988 | 18#2 | [DODnl 3] Danny O'Donnell. Bean ag Baint Duilisc. Danny O'Donnell (fiddle). |
1991 | 18#2 | [FS] Fiddle Sticks. Irish Traditional Music from Donegal. (mass fiddles). |
~1991 | 6#3 | [PG 2] Paddy Glackin. Rabharta Ceoil. In Full Spate. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitar, bodhrán). For this tune: with Séamus Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle). |
~1993 | 20#1 | [JCnly 1] Johnny Connolly. An tOileán Aerach. Johnny Connolly (melodeon). For this tune: (C melodeon). |
~1997 | 11#2 | [NaCnn 1] Na Connerys. Celtic Sessions. Paddy Glackin (fiddle), Kevin Glackin (fiddle), Sean Og Potts (pipes, whistle), John Regan (accordion), John Wynne (flute), Tom McDonagh (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar). |
1999 | 6#1 | [GCJR] Gerard Commane and Joe Ryan with Eoin O'Neill. Two Gentlemen of Clare Music. Gerard Commane (concertina), Joe Ryan (fiddle). For this tune: Gerdie (concertina). |
2010 | 11#3 | [SHtn 1] Shannon Heaton. The Blue Dress. Shannon Heaton (flute). |