Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Barefoot on the Altar by Chulrua

Artist NameChulrua
Album TitleBarefoot on the Altar
MusiciansPaddy O'Brien (accordion), Tim Britton (pipes, flute, whistle), Pat Egan (guitar, vocals).
Source and
other information
Pied Piper PPP 301, 1999. Recorded June 1998 in Bentonsport, Iowa. Date according to personal correspondence with Tim Britton. Notes by Tim Britton and Paddy O'Brien. Track 15, "Springhill Mine Disaster," is not indexed here.

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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
1917
JigD Tobin's Favorite / Tobin's Favourite / Tobin's Fancy / Tobin's Jig / The Wandering Minstrel (1st in set Around the Old Turf Fire on FBros)
2 Tune Info
2653
JigD High Part of the Road, The / The Top of the Road / Ard an Bhóthair / Ard a Bhóthair / Ard an Bhothair / Ard An Bothair / Willy Clancy's / West Clare / The Blooming Meadows (1st in Gerry's Set on Dnu 5) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Blooming Meadows #180)
3 Tune Info
1526
JigD Paddy Taylor's / Paddy Taylor's Jig / [The Banks of the Shannon] (2nd in set Paddy Taylor's Jigs on SC)
21 Tune Info
1273
Reel Merry Harriers, The / Merry Harrier's Reel / Na Fiairí Feá (3rd in set The Hillsbrook Reels on MMcG 3) (compare reversed parts to Piper on Horseback #1587)
2 Tune Info
986
Reel Johnny Allen's / Johnny Allen's Reel / Johnny Allen / Sean McGlynn's Fancy / Sean McGlynn's / An Bhean Tincéara / An Bhean Tinceare / Bean a' Tincéara / Ban Tinceiri / The Tinkerman's Wife (also singled, also with additional part between 1st and 2nd) (compare single jig Ask My Father #91)
31 Tune Info
3169
Reel Paddy Fahy's Reel / Fahy's / Slow Reel (at end of set Little Musgrave on Plx 6) (also in G) (composed by Paddy Fahy)
2 Tune Info
4736
JigSl Butterfly, The (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Butterfly #254)
3 Tune Info
1352
Reel Mountain Top, The / Mountain Top / Barr an tSléibhe / Mullach an tSléibhe / Hollybush / Quinn's Reel / The Crooked Way to Dublin / Crooked way to Dublin / The Doon Reel (4th in set Lark on the Strand on Drv 5) (also in D)
4 Tune Info
212
Reel Boys on the Hilltop, The / Boy on the Hilltop / The Hilltop (also doubled)
41 Tune Info
2087
Air Wounded Hussar, The / Captain O'Kane / Captain O Kane / The Small Birds Rejoice (1st in set Captain O Kane on NNC) (also as song or piece, included here) (composed by O'Carolan?)
2 Tune Info
1781
JigD Sliabh Russell / Slieve Russell / Slieve Russel / Coleman's Jig / Congress Jig (also in E Dorian)
3 Tune Info
853
JigD Humours of Ballyloughlin, The / Humors of Ballyloughlin / The Humours of Derryloughan / The Fairy Hurlers / The Hurlers' March / Máirseál na nIománaithe
51 Tune Info
3487
Song Diamontina Drover, The (composed by Hugh MacDonald)
61 Tune Info
3488
Polka Mike Coogan's (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
2 Tune Info
3489
Polka Dick Tobin's (composed by Dick Tobin)
3 Tune Info
1450
Polka O'Keefe's Polka / O'Keeffe's Polka / The Cobbler / Din Tarrant's / High Point Polka (1st in set Din Tarrant's on JOL 1; 1st in set Polkas on Dnu 1) (also in A)
71 Tune Info
3491
Reel McGettrick's
2 Tune Info
3492
Reel London Bridge
81 Tune Info
1690
JigSl Rocky Road to Dublin, The / Rocky Road to Dublin / Black Burke / Black Rock (also with various 3rd parts, also doubled, also in A Mixolydian)
2 Tune Info
217
Reel Dan Breen's / Dan Breen's Reel / Breen's Reel / Dan Breens / West Clare Reel / The West Clare / Ríl Iarthar an Chláir (3rd in set The Maids of Galway on WFO 1; 3rd in set The Maid of Galway on WFO 1; 2nd in set West Clare Reels on Chlr; on MvC 2, this tune appears again at the end of that track) (also in G or E)
3 Tune Info
1677
Reel Tear the Calico / Rip the Calico / The Fair Wind / A Fair Wind / Fair Wind / The Blue Meadow / Burren Reel / West Clare Reel / Tommy Glenny's Reel (3rd in set Kilfenora Reels on KCB 3; 3rd in set West Clare Reels on Chlr; mislabeled as I Have No Money on CTL 3; as untitled Reel on Dnu 1; 3rd in set Out on the Road on Drv 5) (also in G, also with parts doubled, also with 1st part last, also with 2nd part last) (compare Tear the Calico #2106)
91 Tune Info
3493
Song Foggy Dew, The (composed by Peadar Kearney (text))
101 Tune Info
4094
JigSl Whinny Hills of Leitrim, The / Cnoic Aiteannach Liadroma (compare 2nd part with 1st part of #2809)
2 Tune Info
3402
JigSl Cock and the Hen, The / Cathal McConnell's / Denis Ryan's / The Whinny Hills of Leitrim (2nd in set Slip Jigs on Drv 4) (also in B)
3 Tune Info
3494
JigSl Arragh Mountains, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien the elder, of Tipperary)
111 Tune Info
1540
Air An Páistín Fionn / An Paistin Fionn / An Paistín Fíonn / An Paisdín Fionn / Paisdín Fionn / An Paístin Fionn / The Little Fair Child / The Fair-haired Child / The Fair Haired Child / The Fair Haired Boy (also as song, included here, and as hornpipe #1541)
2 Tune Info
1530
Reel Paddy Taylor's Reel / The Flowers of Munster / The Youngest Daughter (1st in set The Youngest Daughter on TC; mislabeled as Farewell to Erin and compared to The Youngest Daughter #1876 on PK 1) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Laurel Tree #3672) (also in Mixolydian, also doubled)
121 Tune Info
3149
Slide Scully Casey's
2 Tune Info
1242
Slide Rural Felicity / The Kishkeam Lasses / McAuliffe's / Joe Cooley's
3 Tune Info
1896
Slide This Is My Love, Do You Like Her? / Micho Russell's / Johnny Mick Dinny's
131 Tune Info
2447
Air Dónall Óg / Donal Og (compare as song #2759)
2 Tune Info
1728
JigD Scatter the Mud / Scaip an Puiteach / Rambles with Rory / The Noonday Feast / Port Jack Walsh / Jack Walsh's Jig / Smash the Windows / Connaughtman's Rambles / Freehan's Jig / Maid of Tramore (also in E) (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Maid of Tramore #1028)
3 Tune Info
1115
JigD Legacy, The / Legacy Jig / An Oidhreacht / The Tailor's Wedding / Skiver the Quilt / Larry Redican's Jig / Larry Redican's / Coen's (also in F)
4 Tune Info
1967
Reel Trim the Velvet / Geehan's Reel / The Grazier / The Green Garters / The Humours of Flip / Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel / The Maid behind the Bar / The Railroad / Sally Kelly / The Potlick (also in D or C) (compare Potlick #3426 and quite distantly Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel #1050)
141 Tune Info
3496
March Jefferson's March
2 Tune Info
1829
Slide Star above the Garter, The / An Réalt os cionn an Ghairtéir (1st in set Lisheen Slides on JJK)
3 Tune Info
2002
Slide Lisheen, The / The Lisheen Slide / Johnny O'Leary's
161 Tune Info
280
Piece O'Carolan's Welcome / Carolan's Welcome (composed by Turlough O'Carolan)
2 Tune Info
3497
JigSl A Fig for a Kiss / Féirín ar do Phóigín / Gliogar an Mheadair / Glugar an Mheadair / The Gurgling of the Churn / The Splashing of the Churn / Milk the Churn / The Old Dutch Churn / Gáire na mBan / The Humours of Bottle Hill / Two in a Gig (compare Dublin Streets / Rinnce is Ceól included here from several books)
3 Tune Info
2328
JigSl My Mind Will Never Be "Aisy" / My Mind Will Never Be Easy / I Lead Such a Troublesome Life / Tied to a Wife / The Whistling Thief (1st in set Slip Jigs on Drv 4) (also in G) (compare Exile's Jig #494)
171 Tune Info
288
Reel Gossan that Beat his Father, The / The Gosson that Bate his Father / The Gossoon that Bate His Father / The Garsún Who Beat His Father / The Gasun that beat his father / An Gasúr a thug Leadradh dá Athair / The Castlebar Traveler / The Castlebar Traveller / Lochiel's Rant / Lough Aisles Return / Tuehey's Reel / The Humours of Loughrea / The Laurel Bush / The Yeoman's Reel / The West Gale / The Reel of Bogie / The Showman's Reel / Spence's Reel (also doubled but with 12-bar 2nd part on TDMI) (compare 1st part with 1st parts of On the Sly, Lochiel's awa to France but He'll Come Again, and Mountain Rose)
2 Tune Info
1471
Reel Old Woman of the House, The / The Woman of the House / Lady of the House / Máistreás an Tí / The Mistress of the House / Pádraig O'Keeffe's 'Woman of the House' / O'Keeffe's 'Woman of the House' / Old Maids of Sligo / Old Leitrim / The Cows Are A-Milking / Walsh's (compare #2082)
3 Tune Info
2297
Reel Matt Peoples / Matt Peoples' / Matt Peoples' Reel / Matt People's Reel / Matt Molloy's (also in G)