Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Ireland. Irlande by various

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Artist Namevarious
Album TitleIreland. Irlande
Source and
other information		UNESCO D 8271, 1997. A volume in the series "Musiques Traditionnelles d'Aujourd'hui. Traditional Musics of Today." From the liner notes: "The recordings which are included here are a selection from the thousands of hours of music and song preserved in the archives of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin, formerly the Irish Folklore Commission." The recordings date from between 1941 and 1987. Not indexed here: track 3 (Caoineadh).

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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
1324		 Song Mo Grádh-Sa An Jug Mór Is é Lán / An Jug Mór is é Lán / The Big Jug When it is Full / I Love a Big Full Jug
21 Tune Info
308		 Reel Chattering Magpie, The / Chatterin Magpie / An Mheaig Chabach / Gun in the Thatch
2 Tune Info
1699		 JigD Whelan's Jig / Port Uí Fhaoláin / Port Ui Phaolain / Port Whelan / Whelan's / The Rookery / The Humours of Dingle / Lyons' Favourite (6th in set Drowsey Maggie on Ch 4; mislabeled as Morrison's in a set on CmA 1 which alternates between this tune and Morrison's) (also in A, also with a 3rd part) (compare Morrison's #1343) (composed by Tommy Whelan?)
41 Tune Info
309		 JigD Cherish the Ladies / Capper's Jig / The Humours of Cappa (1st in set Light Jigs on TC) (from 2 to 6 parts, often with 5) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of #4798)
2 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)
3 Tune Info
930		 JigD Jerry's Beaver Hat / Jerry Beaver's Hat / Béabhar Ghearóid / The Returned Yank / Cooley's Jig / When Sick, Is it Tea You Want? (compare Tommy Peoples' #1943)
51 Tune Info
392		 Air Coolin, The / An Chúileann / An Chúilfhionn / An Chuilfhionn / The Coulin / Though the Last Glimpse of Erin / In this Calm Sheltered Villa / Oh! Hush the Soft Sigh / The Lady of the Desert (also in D; also as march on JD 5)
61 Tune Info
1855		 Reel Swallow's Tail Reel, The / The Swallow's Tail / Swallows Tail / Swallowtail Reel / Swallow Tail / The Swallowtail Coat / The Steeple Chase / The Steeplechase / Take Your Hand Away / The Family Estate / The Girl with the Handsome Face / Joshua Grey / McKenna's / Miss Wright's / Mollie's Bonnet / Molloy's Nightcap / The Pride of the Ball / The Queen's Wedding / The Village Reel (for dance The Sixteen Hand Reel in book MM) (also singled, also as hornpipe The Pigeon's Tail in book R) (compare #1265)
6(2:04)2 Tune Info
545		 Reel Drowsy Maggie / Drowsie Maggie / Drowsey Maggie (including Donegal setting) (also in A, also with a 3rd part composed by Joe Cooley) (compare 2nd part with 2nd part of John-Joe Gannon's #4512)
71 Tune Info
4777		 Song Sweet Clew Bay
81 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)
91 Tune Info
2363		 Song Bonny Light Horseman, The
101 Tune Info
4778		 Song James McCullagh / The Old Oak Tree
111 Tune Info
4779		 Song Ar Bhruach na Laoi san Oíche do Casadh mé
121 Tune Info
1286		 Slide Micko Russell's Slide / Micho Russell's Slide / Micho Russell's Jig / Micho Russell's / Michael Russell's / Clare Jig (2nd in set Micko Russell's Slides on Ev; 3rd in set Three Slides on PS 7) (also as jig)
2 Tune Info
4780		 Reel Banshee, The
131 Tune Info
4781		 Song Farewell to Miltown Malbay (composed by Tomás Ó hAodha)
141 Tune Info
3710		 Song Maid of Sweet Gurteen, The / Maid of Sweet Gurteen
151 Tune Info
4782		 Song Níl ina Lá (compare text of Níl na Lá #1423 and There's the Day #3830)
161 Tune Info
1050		 Reel Kiss the Maid behind the Barrel / Póg an Ghearrchaile ar Chúl an Bhairille / The Maid behind the Barrel / Kiss the Maid behind the Barn / The Maid behind the Bar / An Gearrchaile taobh thiar den Bheár / The Bruisus / Clonmel Lasses (also doubled, also with parts in different orders and with up to 6 parts) (compare distantly Trim the Velvet #1967 and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Music in the Forge #1382)
2 Tune Info
1758		 Reel Shaskeen, The / The Shaskeen Reel / An tSeascainn / The Shaskeen Clog (as hornpipe in book 1850; Ballinakill Shaskeen, included here on WU, differs in 2nd part) (compare as jig #4159)
171 Tune Info
1581		 Reel Pigeon on the Gate, The / Pigeon on the Gate / Pidgeon on the Gate / A Pigeon on the Gate / An Colúr ar an nGeata / Pigeon on the Pier / The Pigeon on the Pier / Lagan Slashers / The Lagan Slashers / League and Slasher / The Athol Braes / The Scotch Braes / Reidy's Reel / The Drinking Reel / The Drunken Tailor / The Wandering Tinker / Gallagher's Best / The Swallowtail (2nd in set The Chattering Magpie on Ch 6; 3rd in The Taproom Set on CLnn 2) (also in A or G or G Minor; quite a bit of variation in the 2nd part) (compare The Drunken Landlady #549 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Drunken Tailor #551)
2 Tune Info
557		 Reel Duke of Leinster, The / Diúc Laighean / The Leinster Reel / The Dandy Reel (3rd in set No. 6 the Coombe on Ch 7) (also singled; also in F; 1st part varies widely)
181 Tune Info
164		 SetD Blackbird, The / An Lon Dubh / An Londubh (3rd in set The Blackbird on JnKlly) (compare as hornpipe #2274, as air #165, song, and reel #162) (composed by Kiely aka Keily (set dance version only))
2 Tune Info
829		 Polka High Caul Cap, The / The High Cauled Cap / High-Caul Cap / The Bonnie Lassie / What Shall I Do? (for 4th figure of dance Off to Skelligs in book R) (also in F or A) (compare #879)
191 Tune Info
4783		 Song Devil and the Bailiff, The
201 Tune Info
4784		 Song Máire Ní Eidhin (composed by Raiftearaí)
211 Tune Info
1823		 Hpipe Stack of Barley, The / Stack of Barley / The Little Stack of Barley / An Staicín Eorna / An Staicín Eornan / The Stacks of Barley / Little Mary Cassidy / Evening Was Waning / Patrick Condon's Vision (1st in set Stack of Barley Set on CLnn 2; 2nd in set Hooley with the Herd on TWnch) (also in D, also in C, also as barndance, also as song Kerry Long Ago) (compare The Stack #5055)
2 Tune Info
2461		 Slide Nicholas McAuliffe's (2nd in set Brendan Begley's Slides on JOS 1; as Unnamed Slide on ICTM) (also in D; setting in JOL has a significant difference)
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