Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Irish Low Whistle by Joe McKenna

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Artist NameJoe McKenna
Album TitleThe Irish Low Whistle
MusiciansJoe McKenna (whistle, pipes, keyboards, piano), with Mary Bergin (whistle), John Doyle (guitar), Donnchadh Gough (bodhrán), John Kenny (djembe), Paul Maher (drums, percussion), Antoinette McKenna (harp), Trevor Hutchinson (bass, electric bass), Paul Ash-Brown (guitar).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 78043, 2001. Recorded in Dublin.

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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
360		 Reel Colonel Fraser / Colonel Frazer / Colonel Frazier / An Coirnéal Frazer / Green Fields of Ireland (also with each part doubled, also with 5th part, also without 3rd part) (compare Donaghmore #526, West Wind #2049, Braes of Busby #214, and College Groves #358)
2 Tune Info
3288		 Reel Finbar Dwyer's / Ríl gan ainm / Gan Ainm / Molly Bán (1st in set Japanese Stair on Sld 1) (also doubled) (compare Molly Bán #590 and Shoemaker's Daughter #2389)
21 Tune Info
384		 JigD Contentment Is Wealth / The Golden Keyboard (also in A Mixolydian, also in A Dorian with 3 parts)
2 Tune Info
1337		 JigD Mooncoin Jig, The (3rd in The Kinvara Set on MV) (compare Welcome Home Gráinne #2043)
31 Tune Info
4391		 Piece Echo's Calling (composed by Joe McKenna)
41 Tune Info
1018		 SgJig Kerry Jig, The / Rowesome's (2nd in set Ballintore Fancy on BB 2; this set in turn was mislabeled on some reissues as Farewell to Erin) (also as reel)
2 Tune Info
103		 SgJig Ballintore Fancy, The / Port Sheáin Pléamonn / John Fleming's Jig / Kiss in the Furze / The Kerry Jig (also reversed parts; also as slow reel; mislabeled as Farewell to Erin on some reissues of BB 2)
51 Tune Info
2440		 Reel Stone in the Field, The / An Cloch sa nGarraí / An Chloch sa Pháirc / The Stone in the Fields (also in G)
2 Tune Info
600		 Reel Famous Ballymote / The Famous Ballymote / Pride of Ahamore / Péarla an Achaidh Mhóir (parts reversed in book CRE 2)
3 Tune Info
1964		 Reel Traveller, The / The Traveler / The Traveller Reel / The Traveler's Reel / Travelers / Walker Street / Carpenter's / Laborer's / Le Reel des Ouvriers (1st in set The Royal Spa on KCB 6; misidentified on RF as Miss Thornton's Reel / Coming through the Fields)
61 Tune Info
574		 Reel Eileen Curran / Eileen Curran's / Eillie Curran's / The Sailor's Return / The Sailor Set on Shore / Sailors Set on Shore (compare John Stewart included here) (also in A, also as hornpipe)
2 Tune Info
1939		 Reel Tommy Peoples (2nd in set Ríleanna Tommy Peoples on CA) (composed by Tommy Peoples)
71 Tune Info
63		 Hpipe An Buachaill Dreoite / An Buachaill Dreóta / An Buachaill Breoite (2nd in set Friel's Kitchen on Ch 7) (also as fling) (compare as jig #3704)
2 Tune Info
1256		 Hpipe Cuckoo's Nest, The / Cuckoo's Nest No. 2 / An Spealadóir / The Mower / McGibbney's Fancy / McGibbney's Hornpipe / McGibney's Hornpipe / Jackie Tar (compare 1st part with song An Spealadóir #428)
81 Tune Info
4392		 Piece Behind the Trees in the Forest (composed by Joe McKenna)
91 Tune Info
3440		 Reel Tinker's Daughter, The / Cramer's Reel / Michael Cramer's / Creamer's Reel / Creamers Reel / Josie McDermott's / Charlie Harris's / The Burren / The Olive Flute (1st in set Lucky in Love on JMcK) (composed by Josie McDermott)
2 Tune Info
2396		 Reel Lucky in Love (also doubled) (compare La Belle Pauline included here and compare 1st part with 1st part of Hold the Reins #840 and with 1st part of Dublin Lads #5145)
101 Tune Info
4394		 Piece When Evening Comes Around (composed by Antoinette McKenna)
111 Tune Info
4395		 Air Caoineadh Eoghain Rua
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