Creggan White Hare

19th century Irish folk song
An Irish white hare.

The "Creggan White Hare" is an Irish folk song written by James Molloy. It was first recorded by Paddy Tunney in 1944.[1]

The song describes coursing events that took place in Creggan, County Tyrone. After Barney Conway failed to catch the hare while out hunting, he joins a group of sportsmen, "with pedigree greyhounds", to hunt the hare, who eludes them.

Recordings

The following is a select list of recordings of the song.

  • Paddy Tunney (1945)[2]
  • Andy Irvine; with Dick Gaughan on Parallel Lines (1982)
  • Karan Casey, on Songlines (1997)
  • Kevin Mitchell, on Have a Drop Mair, Musical Tradition Records MTCD315-6 CD (2001)
  • Daoirí Farrell, on The First Turn (2008)

References

  1. ^ Bell, Derek; Ó Conchubhair, Liam (1999). Traditional Songs of the North of Ireland. Belfast: Wolfhound Press. pp. 54–56. ISBN 978-0863276309.
  2. ^ Tunney, Paddy (1979). The Stone Fiddle: My Way to Traditional Song. Skerries, County Dublin: Gilbert Dalton. p. 85.

External links

  • University of Ulster field recordings