Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for The Iron Man by Tommy Peoples

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Artist NameTommy Peoples
Album TitleThe Iron Man
MusiciansTommy Peoples (fiddle), with Daithi Sproule (guitar).
Source and
other information		Shanachie 79044, 1995. Reissue of Shanachie LP, (1982?). 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
3683		 Reel Reavy's / Reavey's / Reevey's Reel
2 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)
21 Tune Info
115		 JigD Bank of Turf, The / Tom Billy's (as Gan Aimn [sic] on JWh 2) (also as slide)
2 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)
31 Tune Info
2008		 Reel Up against the Buachalawns / Up against the Boughalauns / Thar an gCnoc / Over the Hill / The Limerick Lassies / Miss Lyon's Fancy / Miss Lyons Fancy / Miss Lyon's / Rogha Iníon Uí Liatháin / Rogha Iníon Uí Laighin / Early Breakfast / The Knocknagree Reel / The Green Hills of Kerry / Sunny Brogan's Favorite (1st in set The Green Mountain on Drv 4) (also in G)
2 Tune Info
549		 Reel Drunken Landlady, The (untitled E Minor Reel on Di; 2nd in set The Silver Spire on ADB) (also in A) (compare Pigeon on the Gate #1581)
41 Tune Info
3902		 Reel Kit O'Connor's / Kit O'Connor / My Love Is Fair And Handsome (compare distantly with 1st 2 parts of McFadden's Handsome Daughter #1252)
51 Tune Info
898		 Strath Iron Man, The (composed by J. Scott Skinner)
2 Tune Info
1137		 Strath Little John's Hame / William Marshall's
61 Tune Info
1834		 Reel Steeplechase, The / Carragaline / The Milestone (3rd in set Reels from the 1920's on FG 3)
2 Tune Info
2659		 Reel Belles of St. Louis / Billy in the Lowground (compare Cronin's in B&S, included here)
71 Tune Info
423		 Reel Crowley's No. 1 / Crowley's 1 / Crowley's Reel / Ríl Uí Chrualaoich / Crowley's / Master Crowley's (1st in set Crowley's Reels on KH and on JOL 3 and on TAM; 1st in set Crowley's / Ríleanna an Chrualoaich on JCnly) (also doubled)
2 Tune Info
1858		 Reel Sweeney's Dream / Sweeny's Dream / The Lame Fisherman / Paddy Killoran's
81 Tune Info
3903		 Reel John Doherty's Fancy
2 Tune Info
3904		 Reel Brogan's Ferry
91 Tune Info
1884		 JigD Tell Her I Am / Abair Léi go bhFuilim / Abair Leí go bhFuil / Tart ar an Ól / Tart ar an Ol / Pléaráca an Rosa / The Humours of Ross (mislabeled as Trip to Sligo on WW 2; 2nd in set Áille's Arabesque on Trpsw) (wide range of settings, including without 3rd part or without 1st part)
2 Tune Info
1625		 JigD Queen of the Rushes, The / Banríon na Luachra / The Chorus Jig / The Battering Ram / The Ladies March to the Ballroom / Bridging the Gap (mislabeled on MRaf as The Bower) (also in C or G; compare 3rd part with 2nd part of Paddy Doory's Fancy #4740)
101 Tune Info
536		 Reel Dowd's Favorite / Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Favourite / O'Dowd's Reel / Dowd's/ Dowd's Reel / O'Dowd's / Braes of Bushbie (also in A Dorian, also all parts doubled or only 2nd part doubled, also with a 4th part)
2 Tune Info
310		 Reel Chicago Reel, The / Chicago / The Portlaw Reel
111 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)
2 Tune Info
1342		 Reel Morning Star, The / Morning Star / Réalt na Maidne / Réalt na Maidine / Belles of Omagh / The Green Fields of Éire / The Farmer Killed his Ox Today (on WW 1 also in set Donovan's Reel; 6th in set Away We Go Again on Ch 7; 2nd in set The Inisfail on KCB 6) (also in A)
121 Tune Info
2293		 Hpipe Kitty O'Shea / Kitty O'Neil's / Kitty O'Neil (also in G with fewer repeated parts) (compare 2-part American setting in book FT, included here)
131 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)
2 Tune Info
1919		 Reel Tom Billy's / Tom Billys / Humours of Scartaglen / Scarta Glen / The Humors of Newcastle / The New Post Office / The Star above the Garter (also singled, also in E Mixolydian) (the setting in O'Neill's books is not very similar in its 2nd part)
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