Creggan White Hare
The "Creggan White Hare" is an Irish folk song (Roud 9633). 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.
Robert B. Waltz speculates that the hare might be an allusion to Michael Collins who eluded the British during the Irish War of Independence.[2]
Recordings
The following is a select list of recordings of the song.
- Paddy Tunney (1945)[3]
- 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.
- ↑ Waltz, Robert B. (October 30, 2025). "Creggan White Hare, The". The Traditional Ballad Index 7.1. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
- ↑ Tunney, Paddy (1979). The Stone Fiddle: My Way to Traditional Song. Skerries, County Dublin: Gilbert Dalton. p. 85.
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