Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Merry Sisters of Fate by Lúnasa

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Artist NameLúnasa
Album TitleThe Merry Sisters of Fate
MusiciansKevin Crawford (flute, whistle), Seán Smyth (fiddle, whistle), Cillian Vallely (pipes, whistle), Donogh Hennessy (guitar, whistle), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass), with Pat Fitzpatrick (piano, harmonium), Kieran Wilde (clarinet), Ed Deane (lap steel guitar), David Odlum (guitar), Dave Hingerty (percussion), Mariam Ingram (clarinet).
Source and
other information		Green Linnet GLCD 1213, 2001. Recorded in Dublin. Track 6 (Asturian) and tune 2 of track 8 (Breton) 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
292		 JigSl Elizabeth Kelly's Delight / Elizabeth Kelly's / Aoibhneas Éilís Ní Cheallaigh / Aoibhneas Eilís Ní Cheallaigh / Catherine Kelly's (mistakenly labeled Unknown / Elizabeth Keane's Slip jig on JnKlly; 1st in set The Session on Ch 8; 1st in set Aoibhneas on Lu 3) (also in D)
2 Tune Info
955		 JigD Jimmy Ward's / Jimmy Wards J. G. / Jimmy Wards / Jimmy Ward's Fancy / Port Shéamuis Mhic a Bháird / Ward's Favourite / Ward's Jig / Jim Ward's / Jim Ward's Jig / Jim Wards / The Clare Jig / Clare / Farrell's Fancy (3rd in set The Kilfenora Set on JCt 5; 2nd in set Aoibhneas on Lu 3) (composed by Jimmy Ward?)
3 Tune Info
1432		 Reel Not Safe with a Razor (3rd in set Aoibhneas on Lu 3) (composed by Larry E. McCullough)
21 Tune Info
3596		 Reel 1st August (1st in set Donogh and Mike's on Lu 3) (composed by Donogh Hennessy)
2 Tune Info
2751		 Reel Windbroke (2nd in set Donogh and Mike's on Lu 3) (composed by Michael McGoldrick)
31 Tune Info
1031		 Reel Killarney Boys of Pleasure, The / Doherty's Reel / Doherty's / Johnny Doherty's Reel / Docherty's Reel / O'Doherty's / Doherty / Gweebarra Bridge / The Gweebarra Bridge Reel / Ril a' Sean Nós (compare Clan Ranald #331 and Sweat House #4948)
41 Tune Info
1275		 Reel Merry Sisters, The / Merry Sister's / The Merry Sisters of Fate (compare 1st 2 parts with reel Dan McCarthy's Fancy / Dan McCarty's Fancy / Country Girl's Fortune included here and with Twin Sisters #1984 and with Gan Ainm #3503; compare 2nd and 3rd parts with The Shepherd's Daughter #1763; compare 3rd part with 1st part of Traveller #3099)
2 Tune Info
3597		 Reel Longacre, The (2nd in set The Merry Sisters of Fate on Lu 3)
51 Tune Info
3598		 Piece Iníon Ní Scannláin (composed by Donogh Hennessy)
71 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
1541		 Hpipe Páistín Fionn / An Paístin Fionn (compare as air #1540)
81 Tune Info
3599		 JigSl Minor Slip (1st in set The Minor Bee on Lu 3)
3 Tune Info
3600		 Reel Red Bee, The (3rd in set The Minor Bee on Lu 3) (composed by Joe Liddy)
91 Tune Info
3601		 JigD Scully Casey's (1st in set Scully's on Lu 3)
2 Tune Info
2603		 JigSl Dusty Miller, The (2nd in set Scully's on Lu 3) (actually D pentatonic, and actually single-jig rhythm in 3/4 meter) (compare The Berwick Jockey included here and compare #563)
101 Tune Info
130		 March Return from Fingal, The / Fingal March / The March to the Battle / The Battle of Aughrim
111 Tune Info
3602		 Reel Wedding Reel, The / Wedding Reel / McLeod's Farewell (1st in set Morning Nightcap on Lu 3 and Lu 7) (also in E) (composed by Donald Shaw)
2 Tune Info
748		 Reel Good Morning to Your Nightcap / Good Morning to Your Night Cap / Good Morning, Nightcap / Good Morning, Nightcap? / Good Morning Nightcap / Morning Nightcap / Michael Coleman's / Shifting Gravel / Drunken Police Car / Over the Waves (untitled tune following Farrell O'Gara on MC) (also with parts reversed; the common practice of starting with the high part - as written here - often seems to be a choice made for the sake of a nice transition between a preceding tune and this tune; also in G)
3 Tune Info
3603		 Reel Malbay Shuffle, The (3rd in set Morning Nightcap on Lu 3 and Lu 7) (composed by Diarmaid Moynihan)
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