Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Better Match by Parson's Hat

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Artist NameParson's Hat
Album TitleThe Better Match
MusiciansBríd Ní Chatháin (harp, vocals), Fred Johnston (guitar, vocals, mandolin), Janet Sutton (whistle), Paul Wilkins (piano accordion, whistle, keyboards, piano).
Source and
other information		Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 062, 1992. Recorded in Galway, Co. Galway. Not indexed here: track 2 (Trowie Burn), track 5 (Ca' the Yowes), 2nd item on track 12 (Tra Va Ruggit Creest), track 14 (The Charming Banks of Tweed), track 20 (The Green Bowl).

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Use the "Tune Info" links below to see details for each tune.

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
2350		 Song Aililiú na Gamhna / Aililiu na Gamhna
31 Tune Info
4315		 Song Lovely on the Water
41 Tune Info
4316		 Piece Planxty Neary (composed by Parson's Hat)
61 Tune Info
3607		 Piece Miss Hamilton (also in G) (composed by Cornelius Lyons)
71 Tune Info
788		 JigD Cailleach an Airgid / Cailleach an Airgead / The Hag with the Money / Is Í Do Mhamó Í / Sí Do Mhaimeo Í / Sí do Mhamó í / Si do Mhaimeo Í / The Wealthy Widow / She's Your Granny / I Was Born for Sport / My Brother Tom (also in Major, also as song, included here)
81 Tune Info
4317		 Song Siobhán Ní Dhuibhir
91 Tune Info
3617		 JigD Killashandra Lasses, The / Road to Granard / The Road to Granard / Patrick Maloney's Favorite (1st in set Jig Selection on MR 2; setting on PHt has significant differences in 2nd part, but apparently those are taken directly from O'Neill's old setting in books) (compare Humors of Castlelyons #4134)
2 Tune Info
688		 JigD Gallagher's Frolics / Gallagher's Frolic / O'Gallagher's Frolics / Gollaher's Frolics / Gollagher's Frolics / The Soup of Good Drink (also in D Minor)
3 Tune Info
1489		 JigD Out on the Ocean / Out in the Ocean / Over the Sea / Portroe Jig / Portroe / O'Connell's Jig on Top of Mount Everest / Split the Whisker / The Banks of Ahasnagh / Banks of Ahasnagh / Crossing the Bogs / Mick Mulcahy's / Tierney's Jig / A Clare Jig (also in A)
101 Tune Info
4319		 Song Bogie's Bonnie Belle
111 Tune Info
4320		 Piece Planxty Robinson (composed by Parson's Hat)
121 Tune Info
4321		 Song Suantraí na Maighdine
131 Tune Info
4322		 Air Ard Tigh Cuain
2 Tune Info
794		 March Halting March / The Halting March / Pikeman's March / The Pikeman's March / The Pikemans
151 Tune Info
1565		 Reel Peeler's Jacket, The / The Flannel Jacket / Hibernia's Pride
2 Tune Info
1108		 Reel Laurel Tree, The / The Laurel Bush (mislabeled as Michael Gorman's on some BB 2 reissues) (compare Ceo na gCnoc #4457 and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Laurel Tree #3672)
3 Tune Info
99		 Reel Bag of Spuds, The / The Bag o' Spuds / The Bag of Potatoes / Sack of Potatoes / An Mála Fataí / Mála Fataí / An Mála Prátai / The Sligo Dandy / Eddie Dunne's Favourite (also in G) (compare Bonnie Ann #3666)
161 Tune Info
4323		 Song Dun Drumuilliún
171 Tune Info
494		 JigSl Port an Deoraí / Port na Deoraí [The Exile's Jig] (also in D) (compare #2328)
2 Tune Info
426		 Song Cucanandy / Cuca-Nandy-Nandy / Dance to Your Daddy O (also as slip jig) (compare slip jig Another Jig Will Do #78 and compare slide She Didn't Dance and Dance #2484)
181 Tune Info
4324		 Song Plúirín Na mBan Donn Óg
191 Tune Info
2300		 Song Lord Franklin
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