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