Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Altan by Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

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Artist NameFrankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
Album TitleAltan
MusiciansMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute), with Ciarán Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar), Dónal Lunny (bodhrán, keyboards), Anna Ní Mhaonaigh (vocals).
Source and
other information		Green Linnet GLCD 1078, 1987. Recorded in Dublin. Includes printed lyrics for all songs.

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
838		 Hland Highlandman, The / The Highland Man
2 Tune Info
337		 Reel Cliffs of Glencolumbkille, The (also as highland) (very close to Last Night's Fun #1104)
3 Tune Info
1457		 Reel Old Cuffe Street / Old Cuff St / Cliffs of GlenColmCille / Cliffs of Glen ColmCille (parts reversed in book HN)
21 Tune Info
1459		 JigD An tSeanchailleach Gallda / The Old Foreign Hag
2 Tune Info
490		 JigD Dermot Byrne's
31 Tune Info
1871		 Song Tá Mo Chleamhnas 'a Dhéanamh / Tá Mo Chleamhnas a Dhéanamh / My Match Is Being Made
41 Tune Info
289		 Reel Cat that Ate the Candle, The
2 Tune Info
1493		 Reel Over the Water to Bessie
4(1:52)3 Tune Info
3195		 Reel Dandy Dinny Cronin (follows Over the Water to Bessie on A 1 and in that track's copy on WFO 1)
51 Tune Info
296		 Song Ceol a'Phíobaire / The Music of the Piper
61 Tune Info
1938		 Reel Larry Lavin's Choice / Tommy Peoples'
2 Tune Info
1142		 Reel Loch Altan (composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
3 Tune Info
4408		 Reel Moving Bogs, The / The Moving Bog / Na Portaigh Chreathacha / The Moving Bog of Allen / The Bashful Bachelor / Courting Them All / Don't Bother Me / Munster Reel / Rachel Rae / Miss Rae's Reel / Danny Meehan's (compare Courting Them All #403)
71 Tune Info
168		 Reel Rogha an Ghabha / Rogha an Gabha / The Blacksmith's Fancy / The Crib of Perches
2 Tune Info
306		 Reel Charlie O'Donnell's (compare especially 1st parts with Bunch of Currants #4892)
81 Tune Info
1850		 Piece Sunset, The (composed by Cathal McConnell and Seamus Quinn)
91 Tune Info
1906		 Song Thug Mé Rúide (compare An Casaideach Bán #3103)
101 Tune Info
834		 JigSl High Road to Dublin, The / An Bóthar Mór go Baile Átha Cliath / The Way to Dublin / The Humours of Whiskey / Humours of Whiskey / The Boy in the Basket / Sally Hegarty's Jig (also in F#) (compare Humours of Whiskey #871)
2 Tune Info
594		 JigSl Fairy Jig, The / The Gift from the Fairies / Frainc an Phoill / Frank of the Hollow / Frank from the Hollow
3 Tune Info
871		 JigSl Humours of Whiskey, The / The Humours of Whisky / Humors of Whiskey / Pléaráca an Fuisce / Drops of Brandy (also in B, also with parts reversed) (compare High Road to Dublin #834)
111 Tune Info
951		 Strath Jimmy Lyon's (2nd in set Jimi Lyons on LLPQ 1) (also in B; also described as a highland)
2 Tune Info
1121		 Reel Leslie's Reel (as Unknown Donegal Reel on ATrgs 1)
121 Tune Info
329		 Song Cití Na gCumann / Cití No gCumann / Kitty of Loves
131 Tune Info
368		 Hland Con Cassidy's Highland (compare Maid in the Cherry Tree #2184)
2 Tune Info
1399		 Hland Neilly O'Boyle's Highland
3 Tune Info
3196		 Reel Neilly O'Boyle's Reel (compare with first 2 parts of Neilie Boyle's #3367)
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