Stony Steps

It looks like this album is so wellknown that nobody thought it could not have been in here…

It comes in after "The Parting of Friends" on Matt Molloys album.
Also is it an O Carolan tune?

If it is, is it in the Full Collection of OCarolan book?

Who else plays it?

I think it was a version of "Barney Brallaghan" - nothing to do with O’Carolan as far as I know. I first heard it played by Scottish folk-rock band , "The JSD Band" in the late 70s. Look it up in "Tunes" and it’ll list the recordings of it posted on this site. There are words to it too, used to be sung by a great Tees-side [ North-East of England ] singer Vin Garbutt.

could it be "james kelly’s"?
https://thesession.org/tunes/1492
sound pretty much like a 2-part version of barney brallaghan.

mm

that’s the one MM,
allthough in the recordings section it says it appears on the comas cd, but the tune there is a reel

thanks fré, for doing the work :D

😀

In O’Neill’s that’s called Tipperary Hills. Michael Gorman recorded it in the 50s, on Folkways.

Oh I forgot to say that in my my opinion Stoney Steps is probably the best trad album in the world ever!!

Yes I know that sounds o-t-t and like a tecky pop album!

But really this album to me is a celebration of life of traditional music of the flute and of Ireland, and it has the best accompanying ever done yet that I have heard.

Hope Matt equals or betters it with another some day.

Chill

First reel on Track 13 is this :

https://thesession.org/tunes/2209

Arty McGlynn on guitar?

That’s what it says on the LP sleeve.