My regrets, that I cannot do the most helpful thing, which would be -- continuing the conversation around the Máire Ní Scolaí recorded version -- to have online some sort of file of Ní Scolaí's recording, and then provide a link to same; that way we could all hear what I am speaking of, we could place the melody, and we could come to an understanding of which verses from which lyric are being sung. But I know of no online file with Ní Scolaí's "Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín," I cannot construct one myself, and even links are beyond me.

What I will supply is the URL to another source, from which a link could be made.

http://www.itma.ie/digitallibrary/sound/cuachin-ghleann-neifin-claisceadal/

Róisín Ní Shéaghdha, of the Ní Shé harp-playing sisters, accompanies -- I suspect -- her brother-in-law Seán "Seán Óg" Ó Tuama, who would be directing the chorus that is heard singing what this thread identifies as the theme to "Glenroe." The digital file identifies the song as "Cuaichín Ghleann Neifín." The three verses sung on this recording correspond to Philippa's post of 30 May 1999, message #82835 on this thread.

And regarding the Gael-Linn re-release, in 1971, of the much older recording by Máire Ní Scolaí: the above-cited choral recording of An Claisceadal is strikingly similar to Ní Scolaí's recording. The two recordings are in the same key, performed at almost the same tempo, and the phrasing is very similar. And in response to the post from Thompson, I have to say that the two performances I compare in this paragraph, differ considerably from Dolores Keane singing "Thúas ag Gort a' Charnáin."

It remains to confirm that:
Máire Ní Scolaí sings three verses. To refer back to message #82835 posted by Philippa, she sings the first verse to begin with, and it ends with "an cuach i mbarr na gcraobh ann," NOT with "an barr ag clannaibh Éireann" as Dolores Keane's performance does. The second verse recorded by Ní Scolaí is the third verse given in Philippa's post. Finally, Ní Scolaí, unless I am much mistaken, does not sing "Chaith mé seacht seachtainí" , to respond to Felipa's question.