Most-Recorded Barn Dances
The Top Ten Barn Dances of the Century
This list ranks the top ten most-recorded barn dances out of the 52 distinct barn dances on the indexed recordings. The tunes are ranked in descending order of number of recordings. When tunes have the same number of recordings, tunes having the oldest recordings appear first. Note that reuses of a particular cut in later anthologies are counted, which is fair, since the popularity of a recording is a good indicator both of the popularity of the tune and of the likelihood that musicians will learn the tune from that recording.
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James Gannon's / Jamesy Gannon's / Gannon's / James Cannon's Barndance / The Chaffpool Post / Shannon Waves / Michael Coleman's (1st in set Jamesy Gannon's on NNC)
Curlew Hills, The / Curlew Hills Polka / McDermott's / McDermott's Barndance / The Glenbeigh / The Glenbeigh Hornpipe / Morrison's Polka / A Donegal Barndance / Chaffpool Post / Bielbie's
Belle of the Ball, The / James Gannon's / Memories of Sligo (also as fling)
Kilnamona Barn Dance, The / Kilnamona Barndance / Barndance (also in F)
Peach Blossoms, The / Peach Blossoms /
Gypsy Princess, The (2nd in untitled Hornpipe set for 6th figure of Sliabh Luachra Set on MISD 7) (also in A, also as hornpipe)
John Mc Kenna's / Maggie's Lilt / Untitled German (1st in set Germans on CA) (also as hornpipe)
Durham Rangers / The Sherwood Rangers / Pádraig O'Keeffe's Hornpipe (2nd in set Germans on CA) (also as hornpipe) (compare 1st part with 1st part of #
Teelin / Nicky's Archive (1st and 3rd in set The Teelin Polkas on Skylrk 2) (also as polka)
Hayes' Favourite / Haye's Favourite