Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
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Artist Namevarious
Album TitleTraditional Dance Music of Ireland
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Saydisc CD-SDL 420, 1997. Field recordings made in Ireland and England during 1950s by Peter Kennedy. Notes by Peter Kennedy.

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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
1720
Reel Sally Gardens, The / Sally Gardens / Na Garranta Sailí (also in D)
2 Tune Info
1230
Reel Mason's Apron, The / Naprún an tSaoir / Práiscín an Mhásúin / Práiscín an tSaoir Chloiche / (as Micho Russell's Mason's Apron on FG 6) / The Mason's Cap / The Mason Laddie / Lady Carbury / Gallagher's / Wake-Up, Susan / Wake up, Susan / Wake Susan / Carton's Reel / Carton's / (also in G or E, also with up to 7 parts, the extra parts being composed by Sean Maguire) (compare American tune Jack of Diamonds included here)
21 Tune Info
784
JigSl Gusty's Frolics / Gusty's Frolicks / Gurty's Frolics / Gurty's Frolic / The Galway Jig / Súgradh Aibhistín (with up to 9 parts)
31 Tune Info
654
Hpipe Low Level, The / Fly by Night / Louis Quinn's / The High Level (1st in set High Level on MG) (composed by James Hill)
41 Tune Info
446
Reel Daisy Field, The / The Daisyfield / Daisy Field / The Daisy Fields / Páirc na Nóiníní / The Wild Irishman / The Irish Girl / David's Delight / Danny O'Donnell's Reel (also doubled) (compare The Broken Bridge #233)
51 Tune Info
1861
Hpipe Sweep's Hornpipe, The / The Sweeps / The Belfast Hornpipe / The Belfast / The Royal Belfast / The Great Eastern / The Great Western / Millicent's Favourite
61 Tune Info
248
Reel Bunker Hill / Bunkers' Hill / Bunkers Hill / Bunker's Hill (also in B, also singled, also without 3rd part)
2 Tune Info
1948
Reel Tommy Whelan's
71 Tune Info
1600
Fling Please Give a Penny to the Poor Old Man (1st in set McLaughlin's Flings on FG 2; for last figure of Lancers on TDMI)
81 Tune Info
1311
Reel Miss Monahan's Reel / Miss Monaghan's / Miss Monaghans / Miss Monaghan / Ríl Iníon Ní Mhonacháin / Mal Ní Mhuineacháin / The Green Fields to America / Stormy Weather / Belles of Tipperary / The Belles of Tipperary / Connacht Lasses / The Connacht Lasses / The Connacht Star / Kerry Star / The Kerry Star / The Barrow Castle / The Bleaberry Blossom / The Dandy Girl / The Dandy Lass / The Green Fields to America / Jackson's Welcome to Cork / Johnny Shooting in the Glen / Lamont's / O'Connell in Clare (2nd in set The Pigeon on the Gate on MC; for 7th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7) (also in A or G)
91 Tune Info
288
Reel Gossan that Beat his Father, The / The Gosson that Bate his Father / The Gossoon that Bate His Father / The Garsún Who Beat His Father / The Gasun that beat his father / An Gasúr a thug Leadradh dá Athair / The Castlebar Traveler / The Castlebar Traveller / Lochiel's Rant / Lough Aisles Return / Tuehey's Reel / The Humours of Loughrea / The Laurel Bush / The Yeoman's Reel / The West Gale / The Reel of Bogie / The Showman's Reel / Spence's Reel (also doubled but with 12-bar 2nd part on TDMI) (compare 1st part with 1st parts of On the Sly, Lochiel's awa to France but He'll Come Again, and Mountain Rose)
101 Tune Info
394
Reel Copperplate, The / The Copper Plate / The New Copperplate / New Copperplate / The Copperplate No. 1 (1st in set The Copperplates on CMcN) (compare the Scottish reel Cabar Feidh)
2 Tune Info
648
Reel Flowers of Limerick, The / The Mills Are Grinding / Cronin's Favorite / The Bunch of Keys / The Boys of the Spuds / The Ewe with the Crooked Horn / Paddy on the Turnpike / Patty on the Turnpike / Paddy on the Handcar / The Last House in Connaught (2nd in set Ballinakill Reels on GCJR) (also in A Dorian, also in G Major, also with 2 more parts added in the form of variations on the 1st 2 parts) (compare The Bunch of Keys #245 which is very close except that it has a unique 3rd part, and compare The Mills Are Grinding #2378)
111 Tune Info
712
Reel George White's Favourite / George White's Favorite / George White's Fancy / George Whyte's Favourite / George Whyte's Fancy / Rogha Sheoirse de Faoite / George White's / The Lass of Carrowcastle / Lasses of Carracastle / Carracastle Lasses / Sweeney's Reel (also in E or F)
121 Tune Info
147
JigD Biddy the Bold Wife / Biddy the Bowl Wife
2 Tune Info
880
JigD I Lost My Love and I Care Not / I Love You Not and Care for You Not / My Love in the Morning / Mo Ghrása ar Maidin / Kiss the Maiden behind the Bier / Bundle and Go / Biddy Crowley's Ball / Art O'Keefe's / Art O'Keeffe's / Johnny Mick Dinny's / Tom Billy's Fancy (also in G, also in E, also as slide)
3 Tune Info
1041
SgJig King of the Cannibal Islands / Cumberland Reel / Hilly-go, Filly-go All the Way
131 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)
141 Tune Info
1218
Reel Marry When You're Young / John Doherty's (compare especially 2nd part with 2nd part of Johnny Doherty's #990)
151 Tune Info
1151
Reel Lord Gordon's Reel / Lord Gordon's / Lord Gordon / Lords Gordons / Tiarna Gordon / An Tiarna Gordon / Duke Gordon / The Duke of Gordon's Rant / The Duke of Gordon's Favourite / The Rakes of Drumlish / The Scotch Rose / The Scotch Patriot's Reel / The Waterloo Reel / The Rocks of Antiluce / The Rocks of Andaluzia / The Pride of Kildare / My Heart with Love Is Breaking (often with only 2 parts) (composed by John Marshall)
161 Tune Info
210
Reel Boys of the Lough, The / Boys of the Lough / The Boys at the Lough / Buachaillí na Locha / Stócaigh an Locha / The Rose of Castletown / Johnstown Reel (compare Master McDermott's #1233)
2 Tune Info
1774
Reel Skylark, The / Skylark / The Lark / An Fhuiseog (also in C) (composed by James Morrison)
171 Tune Info
1383
Reel Music in the Glen / Down the Glen (3rd in set The Thomond on KCB 6) (also in A)
181 Tune Info
1340
Reel Morning Dew, The / The Hare in the Heather / Hare among the Heather / The Hare among the Heather / Giorria sa bhFraoch (also in D Major; 3rd part is switched with 1st part on AIC1 and AIC2) (compare Morning Dew #2512)
2 Tune Info
2082
Reel Woman of the House, The / Bean an Tí ar lár / Bean á Tí / The Lady of the House (2nd in set Reels from the 1920's on FG 3) (also in A) (compare Old Woman of the House #1471)
191 Tune Info
1266
Hpipe McMahon's / McMahon's Hornpipe / Sean Ryan's Hornpipe / [misspelled as:] Séan Rians / Trip to Vermont / Paddy O'Brien's (composed by Seán Ryan)
2 Tune Info
388
Hpipe Cooley's Hornpipe / Joe Cooley's Hornpipe / Joe Cooley / Coolie's Hornpipe / Coolie's (also in A or D) (composed by Paddy O'Brien)
201 Tune Info
1265
Reel Old Swallow's Tail / McKenna's (also in G) (compare #1855)
2 Tune Info
1913
Reel Tinker's Apron
3 Tune Info
528
Reel Donegal Reel, The / The Donegal / The Donegall Reel / Ríl Dhún na nGall / The Donegall / Antrim Reel / Úna Bean Uí Chuinneagáin / Una Bhain Ní Chuinneagain / Ríl Thír Chonaill (for Sixteen Hand Reel in book MM) (compare 1st part with 1st part of The Fantastic Reel #602)
211 Tune Info
1655
Hpipe Red-Haired Boy, The / Red Haired Boy / The Redhaired Boy / Red Haired Lad / An Giolla Ruadh / Gilderoy / The Red-Headed Irishman / The Red Headed Irishman / The Little Beggarman / [misspelled as:] The Little Beggerman / Jolly Beggerman / [misspelled as:] Jolly Beggerman / The Old Rigadoo / An Carrowath / The First of May
221 Tune Info
2383
JigD Cat in the Corner, The / An Cat sa Chúinne / Cat in the Corner / Felix the Wrestler / O'Malley's / O'Mahony's Frolics / O'Mahony's / O'Mahoney's / O'Shaughnessy's / O'Shaugnessy's / Shaughnessy's Jig (2nd in set Ballykeale Manor on KCB 6; 2nd in set Johnny Leary's on NCrg 1) (various settings, also in A)
2 Tune Info
1167
JigD Luckpenny, The / The Luck Penny / The Lucky Penny / An Dúthracht (3rd in set Micho Russell's on NNC)
231 Tune Info
1719
Reel Salamanca, The / The Salamanca Reel / Wild Salamanca / The Wild Salamanca / Salamango / Salamander / The Salamander / The Tartan Plaid / The Maigue's Tide / The Coronation Reel / The Coronation
241 Tune Info
634
Hpipe First of May, The (also in G Mixolydian or A Dorian, and compare jig Fágamaíd sud mar atá sé / Fagamaoid sud mar ata se / Let Us Leave That As It Is, included here)
251 Tune Info
1977
Hpipe Trumpet, The / Trumpet Hornpipe (also in G)
2 Tune Info
1144
Hpipe Locomotive, The / The Locomotive Hornpipe (2nd in set The Ball and Pin on Skylrk 2) (also in D) (composed by James Hill)
261 Tune Info
121
Reel Banks of the Ilen, The / The Banks of the Uilleann / The Six-Mile Bridge / Seanbhean Na gCartaí / Sean-Bhean na gCartaí / Sean Bhean na gCártaí / The Old Woman of the Cards / O'Callahan's / Dando Dillane's (also 1st part doubled, also both parts singled, also as hornpipe) (compare air #2969)
271 Tune Info
465
Polka Dark Girl Dressed in Blue, The (also as song-air)
281 Tune Info
643
Reel Flogging Reel, The / The Flogging / The Floggin' / Floggin' Reel / The Floggin / Floggan Reel / The Slashing Reel / Ríl an Lasctha / An Lascadh / The Flaggon Reel / The Flaggon / The Flagon / The Flagon Reel / The Humours of Bantry Bay / The Newry Lass (also in D or F, also with some or all parts doubled) (compare The Fife Reel and 1st part with 1st part of Pirrie Wirrie #3326)
291 Tune Info
999
Hpipe Johnston's Hornpipe / Johnson's (also in D or C; 3rd parts differ on TDMI and DD 6; on SnugBl, parts 3 through 5 are composed by Paddy O'Brien the younger, of Offaly)
2 Tune Info
744
Hpipe Golden Eagle, The (1st in set Humours of Galway on FG 3) (also in A or F)
301 Tune Info
1230
Reel Mason's Apron, The / Naprún an tSaoir / Práiscín an Mhásúin / Práiscín an tSaoir Chloiche / (as Micho Russell's Mason's Apron on FG 6) / The Mason's Cap / The Mason Laddie / Lady Carbury / Gallagher's / Wake-Up, Susan / Wake up, Susan / Wake Susan / Carton's Reel / Carton's / (also in G or E, also with up to 7 parts, the extra parts being composed by Sean Maguire) (compare American tune Jack of Diamonds included here)
311 Tune Info
891
Hpipe Independent, The / The Independent Hornpipe / Independence Hornpipe / Damhsa (also in F)
321 Tune Info
160
JigD Black Rogue, The / An Rógaire Dubh / Rógaire Dubh / An Rogaire Dubh / Rogaire Dubh / Paddy McNicholas' / Paddy McNicolas' / Paddy's Own (1st in set Ballykeale Manor on KCB 6) (also in D Mixolydian or A Mixolydian; a somewhat different E Minor or F# Minor setting is included here, titled The Black Rogue / The Black Joke / This Life Is All Checkered / Life Is All Chequered / The Bunch of Green Rushes / The Little Bunch of Rushes / Michael Mulloy / Michael Malloy / Johnny McGill / Shane Glas / Shaun glas / Sublime Was the Warning / Shandrum boggoon / The Bark Is on the Swelling Shore / Come under My Plaiddie / God Bless the Grey Mountain / Humours of Donnybrook / Inishown / The Irish Lass / The Irish Lady / Nature and Melody / O! Pleasant Was the Moon / Tis a Bit of a Thing / Tom Linton) (compare slip jig Johnny Loves Molly #4499)
2 Tune Info
1444
SgJig Off She Goes / Off She Goes! / The Launch / Lancer's Quadrille (also as slide)
331 Tune Info
1379
Reel Music at the Gate (compare song Phil the Fluter's Ball and compare 2nd part with 2nd part of Miss Thornton's #1318)
341 Tune Info
128
Fling Basket of Oysters, The (compare #4945)
2 Tune Info
916
JigD Jackson's Rum Punch / Puins Mhic Sheoin / Jackson's Punch
351 Tune Info
1419
JigD Newport Lass, The / Newport Lass / The Newport Lasses / Gearrchaile Bhaile Uí bhFiacháin / A Trip to Athlone / The Trip to Athlone / Trip to Athlone / O'Brien's Fancy (during and after song Galway Races on Ch BIH; 2nd in set Micho Russell's on NNC) (for dance The Trip to Athlone)
2 Tune Info
702
JigD Garrett Barry's / Garrett Barry's Jig / Garret Barry's / Garret Barry's Jig / Rogha Ghearóid De Barra / Gearóid de Barra / Port Garrett Barry / Tune the Fiddle / The Ladies' Fancy / The Pipe on the Hob (mislabeled on MRaf as Story about My Father's Uilleann Pipes) (also in D minor and also as hornpipe on Ev) (compare Sergeant Early's Jig #2353)
361 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)
371 Tune Info
1548
Hpipe Passing Cloud, The / The Gipsy (also in G)
2 Tune Info
1712
Hpipe P.J. Moloney's / P.J. Moloney's Hornpipe / P.J. Maloney's / Ryan's / Sean Ryan's Favourite / Sean Ryan's Hornpipe / Sean Ryans 'C' / Paddy O'Brien's / O'Brien's Hornpipe / Fallon's Hornpipe (composed by Seán Ryan)