Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew by Dan Herlihy and John Drew

Artist NameDan Herlihy and John Drew
Album TitleThe Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew
MusiciansDan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello).
Source and
other information		DHJDCD001, n.d.. Notes by Dan Herlihy and John Drew. No other source information published with this album. I have estimated the release date at around 2000. Track 6 ("The French Waltz") 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
3816		 JigD Julia McMahon / Farewell to Ballinahulla
2 Tune Info
3817		 JigD Kilkenny Jig, The / Kilkenny Jig / Killkenny Jig
21 Tune Info
3818		 Polka Eileen O'Keeffe's (also in A)
2 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) (also in D Dorian or E Dorian, also as air)
31 Tune Info
3819		 Reel Blackwater Banks, The
2 Tune Info
3431		 Reel Pay the Girl Her Fourpence / Give the Girl Her Fourpence / Ríl na Drithleog (also 2nd part singled)
41 Tune Info
676		 Hpipe Friendly Visit, The / Callanan's Retreat (also in A)
2 Tune Info
427		 Hpipe Cuckoo, The / The Cuckoo Hornpipe / Cuckoo Hornpipe / The Cuckoo's Hornpipe / The Dublin Hornpipe / Murray's Fancy / Michael Coleman's
51 Tune Info
3820		 Slide Behind the Bush in the Garden / Donal de Barra's
2 Tune Info
3643		 Slide Padraig O'Keefe's Favourite / Pádraig O'Keeffe's Favourite / Patsy Healy's / Cnoc na gClárach / Rejected Suitor (for 4th figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6)
3 Tune Info
3821		 Slide Nelly Mahony's / Tom Carroll's / Bunratty Boys / John Kelly's Slide No. 3 (also as reel Cnoc na gCláracht #4815)
71 Tune Info
3702		 Reel Old Pensioner, The / Hickey's / The Ballydesmond / Ríl Bhaile Deasumhan
2 Tune Info
645		 Reel Flower of the Flock, The (mislabeled as Famous Ballymote on BB 4) (also in A; also doubled) (compare 1st part with 1st parts of both Bill Harte's #3612 and #3690)
81 Tune Info
2630		 Polka Top of Maol, The / The Queen's Polka / The Groves of Gneeveguilla (4th in set Raiteachas Mo Tairngreacht on ADB) (also in B or E) (2nd part same as 2nd part of setting of As I Went Out Upon the Ice #3822 on CSmth)
2 Tune Info
2448		 Polka Humours of Ballydesmond, The / The Knocknaboul #1 / The Knocknaboul Polka 1 / The Knocknabower Polka / Scartaglen Polka / The Little Green Cottage / Din Tarrant's (1st in set Knocknaboul Polkas on SatG; 1st in set Knocknabower Polkas in AW)
3 Tune Info
1062		 Polka Knocknaboul Polka / The Knocknaboul / The Knocknaboul Polka (2) / The Knocknaboul #2 / Knocknabower Polka 2 (2nd in set Knocknaboul Polkas on SatG; mislabeled as Ballydesmond on ItS)
4 Tune Info
3822		 Polka As I Went Out upon the Ice / Ag Dul amach ar an Leac Oighir dom (on CSmth, 2nd part is same as 2nd part of Top of Maol #2630)
91 Tune Info
3823		 Slide Rain A Sup / Bridgie the Weaver's (2nd in set Begley's Fancy on CrssCl)
2 Tune Info
2457		 Slide If I Had a Wife / The Next Wan / Mick Mahony's / Mick Mahoney's / Johnny Leary's Slide / Johnny O Leary's (2nd in set Three Slides on PS 7; 1st in set Lios Uí Bhigín on NNC) (also in A, also without 3rd part) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Barrel Organ #3105)
101 Tune Info
3824		 JigD Looharadhawn's Jig , The / The Lúradán's Jig / The Luathradawn's Jig / The Luathradán / Port an Luathradáin / Crehan's / Tony Smith's Jig (composed by Junior Crehan)
2 Tune Info
815		 JigD Sweet Biddy Daly / Sweet Biddy Daly's / A Health to the Ladies / An Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / The Irishman's Heart to the Ladies / An Irishman's Love / Fond of the Ladies / To the Ladies / The Frolicksome Dame / Saddle the Pony / Over the Callows / Buttermilk Mary / The Móinín Jig / The Mountain Road / The Mountainy Boy / O'Mahony's Jig / Pat Beirne's Favourite / The Queenstown Jig / Rogha Pheait Uí Buirne (also in G or D, also in Mixolydian) (compare Pet in the Kitchen #1570; 1st part same as 1st part of #3663)
111 Tune Info
693		 Hpipe Galway Hornpipe, The / Galway Hornpipe / The Galway / Dan Lowry's Hornpipe / McDermott's (1st in set McDermott's on MC and on DH 3; 1st in set Galway Hornpipe on JCt 5)
2 Tune Info
1248		 Hpipe McDermott's / McDermott's Hornpipe / Cornphíopa Mhic Dhiarmada / The Flowers of Antrim / The Sligo Fancy / Dunn's Hornpipe / The Newry Hornpipe / The Marquis of Lorne (2nd in set McDermott's on MC and on DH 3; 2nd in set Galway Hornpipe on JCt 5) (also in G)
121 Tune Info
1795		 Mzrka Sonny's Mazurka / [misspelled as:] Sonnys Mazura / Sonny Brogan's Mazurka / Sonny Brogans / Garret Barry's Mazurka / The Polka-Mazurka
2 Tune Info
2099		 Mzrka Shoe the Donkey / Shoo the Donkey / Warsoviana /The Varsouviana / The Varsovienne / Varsovienne / Versevanna / The Versevianna / The Versavienna / Father Halpin's Top Coat / Fr. Halpin's Top Coat / [misspelled as:] Fr.Halpin's TopCoat / Gan Ainm (including a unique Northern setting on CA)
131 Tune Info
3633		 Polka Sonny Sweeney's / Sonny Sweeney's Polka / Sweeney's / The Glencollins Polka (only differs from Ryan's #2481 in some of the 2nd part)
2 Tune Info
3782		 Polka Tom Billy's / [misspelled as:] Tom Billys / Jack O'Connell's (1st part same as 1st part of Newmarket #1418; 2nd part same as 2nd part of Jim Keeffe's #943)
141 Tune Info
1136		 JigSl Little Fair Cannavans, The / An Ceannabhán Bán / Na Ceannabháin Bhána / Na Ceannabhain Bhana / Na Ceannbháin Bána (1st in set Whelan's Jig / Port Whelan on MoD) (also in D)
2 Tune Info
1659		 JigSl Redican's Mother / Larry Redican's / Fisherman's / Colman's Lantern / Coleman's Lantern
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