Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Traditional Music of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule

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Artist NameJames Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
Album TitleTraditional Music of Ireland
MusiciansJames Kelly (fiddle), Paddy O'Brien (accordion), Daithi Sproule (vocals, guitar).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 34014, n.d.. Although not identified as such by Shanachie, this is a reissue of two LPs on one CD. Tracks 1-14 are from Is It Yourself? (Shanachie 29015, 1978), and tracks 15-27 are the entire contents of Spring in the Air (see album SA). Recorded in New York. The musician biographies from the original albums are reprinted here, written by Daniel Michael Collins.

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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
1335		 Reel Monaghan Twig, The / The Monahan Twig / The Mountain Twig / Tinker's Apron / Aprún an Tincéara (compare The Monaghan Switch #2411 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Tom Keane's #4433 and with 1st part of I'm Ready Now #4947)
2 Tune Info
1408		 Reel New Lough Isle Castle, The / Lough Isle Castle / John in the Mist / Sean Sa Cheo (3rd in set John in the Fog on Lu 5) (compare with 1st 2 parts of Sean sa Cheo #1750)
21 Tune Info
863		 JigSl Humours of Kilkenny, The / Humours of Kilkenny / Humors of Kilkenny / The Highway to Kilkenny
2 Tune Info
2425		 JigSl A Blast of Wind / The Rakes of Westmeath / Drops of Spring Water (2nd in set Packie Duignan's on Drv 4)
31 Tune Info
669		 Reel Foxhunter's Reel, The / The Foxhunter's / Foxhunter's / Foxhunter / The Foxhunters / The Foxhunters' Reel / Fiagaí an Mhada Rua / The Fiddler Is Drunk / Patrick Kelly's Reel / Greig's Pipes (in set Chasing the Fox as well as in Horses of Ireland - Part 2 on Ch BIH) (also in A) (compare Clare Reel #333 and compare 1st part with 2nd part of Tailor's Choice #4799)
41 Tune Info
2666		 Song Lovely Willie
51 Tune Info
1638		 JigD Rakes of Kildare, The / Ailteóiri na Cille / The Galbally Farmer / The Galbally Farmers / The Barndoor Jig / The Barn Door Jig / The Fair of Drumlish (also as march Get Up Early, in G Minor) (compare G Major Rakes of Kildare #4273)
2 Tune Info
2669		 JigD Horse's Leotard, The (also in D)
61 Tune Info
1676		 Hpipe Rights of Man, The / Rights of Man (also in B Dorian) (composed by James Hill)
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)
71 Tune Info
1784		 Reel Small Hills of Offaly, The / Small Hills of Offaly / Cnocáin Uíbh Fhailí / Hills of Offaly (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly, in 1967)
2 Tune Info
2670		 Reel Farewell to Old Decency / [misspelled as:] Farewell to Old Decancy / For Sake of Old Dacency / For the Sake of Old Decency / Farewell to Decency (misattributed to Paddy O'Brien the younger in book JKg 3)
81 Tune Info
2671		 Reel Jolly Seven, The / Cavan Reel (setting on KCB 1 is in E Dorian, both parts singled; parts reversed in O'Neill books) (compare Curragh Races #1185 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Laurel Tree #3672)
2 Tune Info
2452		 Reel McGettrick's
91 Tune Info
73		 Reel Paddy Taylor's / McCabe's Reel / Anderson's Reel / Lady Gordon (also in C, also with 2nd and 3rd parts in reverse order) (composed by Paddy Taylor (and possibly) Martin Wynne(?))
2 Tune Info
2419		 Reel Flowers of Redhill, The / The Flowers of Red Hill / The Flowers of Redhill / Flowers of Red Hill / Bláthanna an Chnoic Rua / Bláthanna an tSléibhe Rua / The Flowers of the Red Mill / Flowers of Red Mill / Maids of Fair Hill / Maids of Palestine / Anderson's / Paddy Taylor's Reel / Don't Be Foolish / The Hod Carrier / Jilly Neary's Favorite (also in G) (compare #649)
101 Tune Info
590		 Reel Molly Bán / Molly Bawn / Molly Ban / White-Haired Molly / Fairhaired Mary / Fair-Haired Mary / Fair Haired Molly / Fairhaired Molly (4th in set Michael Gorman's on BB 2; this set in turn was mislabeled on some reissues as The Laurel Tree) (also in E, also doubled) (compare #3288)
2 Tune Info
1721		 Reel Sandmount / The Sandmount / The Sandmount Reel / Sandy Mount / The Sandymount / The Sandpiper / Mick Hand's Reel / Mick Hand's / Ríl Mhícheáil Mhig Laithimh (also in G)
111 Tune Info
2673		 Song Cul Tiubh na bPearlai
121 Tune Info
1205		 Reel Man from Bundoran, The / Paddy Kelly's (mislabeled on BBow 2 as The Humours of Kinvara) (also in D)
2 Tune Info
2676		 Reel John Doherty's
131 Tune Info
1826		 Hpipe Stage Hornpipe, The / The Merrymaker's Club / The Omnibus / The Norfolk (also with parts reversed) (composed by James Hill)
2 Tune Info
2050		 Hpipe Western, The / The Western Hornpipe / Mountain Stream / The Athlone / The Tara Brooch / Bobby Gardiner's
141 Tune Info
2492		 Reel John McGinley's / John Doherty's / The Harvest Moon (compare Petticoat Loop #1575) (composed by John Mhosai McGinley)
2 Tune Info
81		 Reel Antrim Rose, The (composed by Paddy O'Brien)
151 Tune Info
1208		 Reel Man of the House, The / The Man in the House / The Day I Met Tom Moylan / Paddy Carthy's Reel / Carthy's / Tom Ginley's Fancy / Ginley's Fancy / McGinley's / Handsome Sally / The Ivy leaf / Old Tom / Sally Grant (also in D or A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Man of the House #5035)
2 Tune Info
2678		 Reel Ryan's Rant (also 1st part singled)
161 Tune Info
2679		 JigD Bracken's / Bracken's Jig (also in E with modified 2nd part in book FT)
2 Tune Info
2680		 JigD Mrs. Cooty's / The Horse that Made a Haymes of His Winkers / The Horse that Made a Haymes of His Winders
3 Tune Info
1046		 JigD Kinnegad Slashers, The / The Kinegad Slashers (also without 3rd part)
171 Tune Info
2347		 Reel Jim Coleman's / Seamus Tansey's (also doubled)
2 Tune Info
2683		 Reel Molly from Longford / Patsy Touhey's [Patsy Tuohey's] (also as slide on CaBrdg) (compare #1556)
3 Tune Info
2684		 Reel Border Collie / Rodney Miller's (composed by Randy Miller)
181 Tune Info
2685		 Song Boys of Mullaghbawn, The
191 Tune Info
2686		 Polka John Kelly's
2 Tune Info
735		 Polka Green Cottage, The / The Green Cottage Polka / The Little Green Cottage / The Glen Cottage / From Billy to Jack / The Quarry Cross (1st in set The Glin Cottage Polkas on JDa 1; 2nd in set Kerry Polkas on LAC) (wide range of settings; also in F#)
3 Tune Info
2687		 Polka Ballyvournie Polka / The Ballyvourney / Ballyvourney / Cuil Aodha / Cul Aodh Polka / Lackagh Cross (2nd in set Seamus Creagh's on NCrg 1)
201 Tune Info
761		 Reel Gravel Walks, The / The Gravel Walk / Gravel Walk / Gravelwalks / The Gravel Walks to Grainne / Gravel Walks to Grainie / The Gravel Walks to Granie / Gravel Walks to Granny / The Gravel Path / Cuir Snaidhm i do Chaipín, a Shinéad (2nd in set Dunántúli Friss Csárdasok on NNC) (also in B; 4th part either singled or doubled; also without 3rd part or without 3rd and 4th parts)
2 Tune Info
652		 Reel Flowing Bowl, The / The Wild Irishman / The Old Wild Irishman / The Glenties Reel / The West Clare (2nd in set Donegal Reels on DD HR) (also with parts reversed, also in A) (Donegal setting included here)
211 Tune Info
1357		 Reel Moving Cloud, The / Moving Cloud / The Moving Clouds / An Néal faoi Shiúl (also in F or D; also without 3rd part) (composed by Neil O'Boyle aka Neilidh Boyle in 1942, also with a different third part possibly by Martin Mulhaire)
2 Tune Info
1511		 Reel Paddy Kelly's / Paddy Kelly's Reel (compare 1st 2 parts to Bonnie Ann #3666) (composed by Paddy Kelly)
221 Tune Info
541		 SetD Down the Hill
231 Tune Info
1246		 JigD McCarthy's Favorite
2 Tune Info
1816		 JigD Spring in the Air / The Bunch of Roses / Bunch of Currants / I'm A Silly Old Man / Christmas Comes But Once a Year / I've Got One Daughter to Marry (also described as a single jig)
3 Tune Info
1301		 SgJig Kiss Me Sweetheart / Miss Emily
241 Tune Info
2688		 Song Hughie the Graeme
251 Tune Info
558		 Reel Ladies' Pantalettes, The / The Lady's Pantalettes / The Ladies Pantalettes / The Duke of Leinster's Wife / Duke of Leinster's Wife / And His Wife / Gardner's Favorite / Gardiner's Favorite / Johnny Sally's Reel (also doubled)
2 Tune Info
206		 Reel Boys of Ballisodare, The / The Boys of Ballysodare / The Boys of Ballysadare / The Boys of Ballisadare / The Boys of Balisodare / The Boys of Ballisdare / The Dublin Lasses / Miss Roddy's / Miss Roden's Reel / Douse the Monkey / Last Night's Work / A Galway Reel (also 1st part doubled or all parts doubled, also in F; also without 3rd part) (compare Dublin Lasses #4069 and compare 1st part with 1st part of Francie Byrne's #5019)
261 Tune Info
972		 JigD John Doherty's
2 Tune Info
1053		 JigSl Kitty Come Down to Limerick / Kitty Come Down from Limerick / A Cháit, Tar Anuas go Luimneach / Will You Come Down to Limerick? / Will You Come down to Limerick / Follow Me Down to Limerick / The Munster Gimlet / Jimmy Powers' Favorite (also in A, also without 3rd part) (2 settings included here)
271 Tune Info
1724		 Reel Sarah's Delight (composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
2 Tune Info
1750		 Reel Seán sa Cheo / Seán sa Chéo / Seán sa Céo / Sean sa Cheo / Sean sa Ceo / Sean sa Céo / Seán in the Fog / Sean in the Fog / John in the Fog / Seán is Sinéad / Jack and Jill / The Tullaghan Lassies / Lough Isle Castle (also in D or G; also with a 4th part) (compare 1st 2 parts with New Lough Isle Castle #1408) (composed by Neillidh Boyle?)
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