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Album Details for 5 by The Chieftains

Artist NameThe Chieftains
Album Title5
MusiciansPaddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Derek Bell (harp, oboe, timpán), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), with Ronnie McShane (bones)
Source and
other information
Claddagh CC16CD, n.d.. Reissue of CC 16, 1975. Not indexed here: track 4 (Ceol Bhriotánach), track 6 (The Robbers' Glen), first part of track 7 (An Ghé agus Grá Geal), track 9 (Samhradh, Samhradh).

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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.

TrackTune Tune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
1(1:12)1 Tune Info
1003
Reel Jolly Tinker, The / The Timpán Reel / Tiampan Reel (1st in set The Jolly Tinker on MOC 1 and on MMcG 3) (also with 5th part 1st, or without 5th part) (compare The Hen and Her Clutch #2810 and The Jolly Tinker #1002; compare 3rd and 5th parts with Tinker's Reel #4503; compare 1st part with 2nd part of Tinker's Frolic #4518)
21 Tune Info
723
March Give Me Your Hand / Tabhair Dom Do Lámh / Tabhair Dom Do Lamh / Tabair Dam Do Lamh / Da Mihi Manum (also as song) (composed by Rory Dall Ó Catháin / Rory Dall O'Cathain / Rory Dall O'Cahan [Blind Roger O'Keane])
31 Tune Info
1567
Polka Peg Ryan's / Peggy Ryan's Fancy / A Kerry Polka / Kerry Polka / Kerry no. 1 / Kerry Polka I / Egan's / Ying-Tong (1st in set Three Kerry Polkas on Ch 5; for 4th figure of The West Kerry Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in G)
2 Tune Info
2243
Polka Murroe, The (ambiguous note in Ch 5 may give this tune the title Peggy Ryan's Fancy) (2nd in set Three Kerry Polkas on Ch 5; 1st in set Ballyfin Polkas on Ch W)
3 Tune Info
107
Polka Ballydesmond Polka, The / Ballydesmond Polka #3 / Ballydesmond Polka No. 3 / The Ballydesmond Polka No. 3 / The Ballydesmond (3) / Balleydesmond No. 1 / Tom Billy's / Gneeveguilla Polka (3rd in set The Ballydesmond Polkas on SatG and in JOL; 3rd in set Three Kerry Polkas on Ch 5; for 2nd figure of The West Kerry Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in D Dorian or E Dorian, also as air)
51 Tune Info
2333
Reel Thomaisin O Dea's Reel / Ríl Thomáisín Uí Dheaghda / Tomaisin O'Dea's / Tomeen O'Dea's / [Tommy O'Dea's / Tommy O'Dee's] / The Little Bag of Potatoes / Colin Boyd's Favourite (1st in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door and as 1st in set Clare Reels on Ch 5; 1st in The Tomín O'Dea Set on BBow 3; 3rd in set The Trip to Sligo on Drv 4) (compare The Wishbone Reel id:#4897:)
2 Tune Info
2749
Reel Swallow, The / Ballyket Courthouse / Micho Russell's Favourite / Micho Russell's Favorite / Paddy Finlay's / The Half Door / Rattigan's (2nd in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door and as 2nd in set Clare Reels on Ch 5; 2nd in The Tomín O'Dea Set on BBow 3; setting in book Raff might be a different but similar tune) (compare Follow Me Down to Carlow #4337)
3 Tune Info
5369
Air An Sean Chúilfhionn (3rd in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5)
4 Tune Info
1772
JigD Sixpenny Money / The Six-Penny Money / Airgead Réalach / The Madcap (4th in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5)
5 Tune Info
4699
Song Geaftaí Bhaile Buí / The Gates of Baile Buí / Geataí Bhéal Átha Buí / The Gates of Bhéal Átha Buí (5th in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5 as an air)
6 Tune Info
1023
JigSl Kid on the Mountain, The / An Mionnán ar an Sliabh / An Meannán ar an Sliabh (also with only 4 parts including a different 4th part, or with an additional 6th part, also as song The Bottle of Wine) (6th in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5; mislabeled as The Ballintore Fancy on some BB 2 reissues)
7 Tune Info
1862
Reel Pretty Girls of Mayo, The / Pretty Girls from Mayo / Cailíní deasa Mhuigheo / Cailíní Deasa Mhaigh Eo / Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney / Sweet Biddy of Baile Mhúirne / Bríd Mhín Bhaile Mhúirne / Ríl Taimín / Tameen's Reel / Sweeney's Reel (7th in set The Chieftains' Knock on the Door on Ch 5; 2nd in set The Sisters Reels on MR 2; mislabeled as Buachaillí Chill Sairn in CRE 1) (compare My Sweetheart Jane #5081)
73 Tune Info
2273
JigD Gallowglass, The / Gallowglass Jig / An Gallóglach / Kerry (appears at end of arrangement An Ghé agus an Grá Geal / The Goose and Bright Love on Ch 5) (compare Rakes of Clonmel #1637 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Devlin's Favourite #3659) (composed by Neil Gow)
81 Tune Info
1593
Piece Planxty Fanny Powers / Fanny Powers / Planxty Fanny Power / Fanny Power / The Invocation (1st in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also in A, also as waltz) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
8(1:12)2 Tune Info
5370
Piece Planxty Maguire (2nd in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
8(2:30)3 Tune Info
5375
Piece [Mabel Kelly] (title from p. 63 of the 1984 Ossian publication of Carolan's works) (3rd in set Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
8(4:15)4 Tune Info
1597
Piece Charles O'Connor / Planxty O'Connor (4th in set Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also in C; setting on Ch 5 has unusual 1st part) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
8(5:30)5 Tune Info
1768
Air Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór / Sí Beag, Sí Mór / Si Bheag, Si Mhor / Sidh Beag agus Sidh Mor / Sheebeg, Sheemore / Sheebeg and Sheemore / Little Hill, Big Hill / The Bonny Cuckoo (5th in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also as song or waltz) (composed by pre-Carolan Scotland or Ireland (melody), Turlough O'Carolan (text))
8(6:37)6 Tune Info
2641
Piece Bumper Squire Jones (6th in set Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (also in C; with wide range of variation in the first part of this piece, including different meters and lengths) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
8(7:07)7 Tune Info
5371
Piece Planxty Johnston (7th in set The Humours of Carolan on Ch 5) (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
101 Tune Info
1537
Slide Padraig O'Keeffe's / Padraic O'Keeffe's / Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slide / The First Cousin of the Gallant Tipperary Boys (1st in set Kerry Slides on Ch 5) (also as double jig) (compare 1st 4 bars with 1st 4 bars of Gallant Tipperary Boys #689)
2 Tune Info
5372
Slide [untitled] (2nd in set Kerry Slides on Ch 5)
3 Tune Info
5373
Slide Denny Mescall's / Denny Mescall's Hat (3rd in set Kerry Slides on Ch 5)
4 Tune Info
5374
Slide [untitled] (4th in set Kerry Slides on Ch 5)