Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Meitheal by Séamus Begley and Stephen Cooney

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Artist NameSéamus Begley and Stephen Cooney
Album TitleMeitheal
MusiciansSéamus Begley (accordion, vocals), Stephen Cooney (guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, ditjeridú).
Source and
other information		Kells KM 9504, 1996. "Under license from Hummingbird Records."

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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
1135		 Polka Little Diamond, The / Magic Slipper / The Magic Slipper (for 6th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6)
2 Tune Info
2541		 Polka Strathnairn, The (for 6th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6) (composed by Stephen Cooney)
3 Tune Info
2209		 Polka Munster Bank, The / Munster Bank / Dan Sweeney's / Art O'Keeffe's Polka / Biddy Hurley / Johnny Leary's / Murphy's Polka / Carroll's (also in G Major) (incomplete on JOL 3; for 6th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6)
21 Tune Info
66		 Slide An Chóisir / [misspelled as:] An Choisír / An Choisir / The House Party / The Toormore Slide / Jack Regan's (2nd in set Lios Uí Bhigín on NNC) (also as song)
2 Tune Info
2002		 Slide Lisheen, The / The Lisheen Slide / Johnny O'Leary's
3 Tune Info
2544		 Slide Eibhlín ni Riordáin's [Eileen O'Riordan's] / The Barna Slide / Denis O Keeffe's (for 4th figure of Mealagh Valley Jig Set on MISD 6; for Ballyvourney Jig Set on MISD 7) (also in G) (there is merely a brief - but significant and consistent - difference between this tune and #3128)
4 Tune Info
2545		 Slide Kings of Kerry (for Ballyvourney Jig Set on MISD 7) (also as single jig) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Sleamhnán na Sróine #2480) (composed in 1989 according to e-mail from Mike Scott, 12 Mar 2006) (composed by Mike Scott, Sharon Shannon, and Steve Wickham)
31 Tune Info
2546		 Song Mairin de Barra
41 Tune Info
2547		 Piece My Lady Hunsdon's Galliard (composed by John Dowland)
51 Tune Info
1409		 Reel New-Mown Meadows, The / The New Mown Meadows / New Mown Meadows / New-Mown Meadow / New Mown Meadow / The Newly Mown Meadow / An Móinéar Nuabhainte / An Móinear / The Meadow / The Silver Tip / The Silver Spear / The Holly Bush / My Love Is on the Ocean / Joe Mháire Mhicilín (also reversed parts, also in E or D Mixolydian) (compare Silver Spear #1770)
2 Tune Info
1159		 Reel Lord Ramsey's Reel / Lord Ramsey / Big John McNeil / John McNeil's Reel / John Mc Neil's Reel (composed by Peter Milne)
61 Tune Info
105		 Polka Ballydesmond Polka / Ballydesmond Polka No. 1 / The Ballydesmond (1) / Donncha Lynch's (1st in set The Ballydesmond Polkas on SatG and in JOL; mislabeled as Knocknabowl on ItS; 2nd in set Ballyfin Polkas on Ch W)
2 Tune Info
2548		 Polka Dul Dtí's Na Ráiseanna / Going to the Races
3 Tune Info
2208		 Polka Tripping to the Well / John McKenna's / Killoran's (1st in set Newmarket Polkas on 4MD 2) (also in A, also as single reel)
71 Tune Info
231		 Song Brink of the White Rocks, The / The Brink of the White Rock / Bruachna Carraige Báine / Bruach na Carraige Báine / Bruach na Carraige Baine / Is Truagh gan Oidhre 'nar bFharradh / Is Truagh gan Oidhre 'nar bhFharradh / The West's Asleep / The Lament for the Milesians (compare unusual versions #2550 and #3397)
81 Tune Info
2551		 Reel John Brosnan's (composed by John Brosnan)
91 Tune Info
2552		 JigD Hughie Travers' / Hugh Traver's (for 5th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (also in G) (compare original as reel #1965; this jig version by Stockton's Wing)
2 Tune Info
2553		 JigD Tomaisín a' Rí (for 5th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Cornelius Curtin's Big Balloon #3898 and with 1st part of Jenny's Wedding #3284)
3 Tune Info
2554		 JigD Sean Coghlan's Kesh [Sean Coughlan's Kesh] (for 5th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Kesh Jig #1022)
101 Tune Info
2555		 Song Beir Mo Dhúthracht (composed by Padraig O Siochfhradha)
111 Tune Info
2556		 Hpipe Japanese Hornpipe / The Japanese (also in B or G, also with a 3rd part)
2 Tune Info
2557		 Slide Tá Mo Mhadra (1st in set)
3 Tune Info
3498		 Slide Billy O'Rourke Is the Boy / Billy O'Rourke's the Buachaill / Beidh Ríl Againn Árainn / Beidh Ríl againn / An Bóthar ó Thuaidh go dtí Árainn / Ta Mo Mhadra / Poor Nancy Died / Day I Married Susan / The Night I Married Susie / Fair of Windgap / Paddy's Experience / Roudlum Randy / Saint Patrick was a Gentleman (2nd in set Just Like Home on FBros; 2nd in set Tá Mo Mhadra on BC, which includes sung text) (also singled, also in G)
121 Tune Info
2558		 Polka Return of Spring, The / Julia Clifford's (also in A)
2 Tune Info
879		 Polka Tá Dhá Ghabhairín Bhuí Agam / I Have Two Yellow Goats / An Gabhairín Buí / Hielan' Laddie / Hielan Laddie / The Highland Laddie / Fill the Cup / Fág a' Bealach / Cockle Shells (also in A, also in C, also as song) (compare High-Caul Cap #829)
3 Tune Info
2560		 Polka Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's / Teahan's Favorite / Cuz Teehan's / Cuz's Favourite / Mike Buckley's Favourite / The Ballinahulla (1) (also in G Major or D Major)
131 Tune Info
2561		 Slide Biddy from Sligo (1st in set Soweto Slides on SSm)
2 Tune Info
2562		 Slide Ceol a Mhála (2nd in set Soweto Slides on SSm)
3 Tune Info
2563		 Slide Oró Buachaillín Seol Do Bhó (3rd in set Soweto Slides on SSm)
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