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Album Contents: The Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew by Dan Herlihy and John Drew

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Artist NameDan Herlihy and John Drew
Album TitleThe Ballydesmond Polka. Traditional Irish Music from Sliabh Luachra Played By Dan Herlihy and John Drew
MusiciansDan Herlihy (accordion), John Drew (mandocello)
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DHJDCD001, no date. Notes by Dan Herlihy and John Drew. No other source information published with this album. I have estimated the release date at around 2000. Track 6 ("The French Waltz") not indexed here.

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11 JigD Farewell to Ballinahulla
Farewell to Ballinahulla
2 JigD Kilkenny Jig
The Kilkenny Jig
21 Polka Eileen's Polka
Eileen O'Keeffe's
2 Polka Ballydesmond Polka
The Ballydesmond Polka
31 Reel Blackwater Banks
The Blackwater Banks
2 Reel Pay the Girl Her Fourpence
Pay the Girl Her Fourpence
41 Hpipe Friendly Visit
The Friendly Visit
2 Hpipe Cuckoo
The Cuckoo
51 Slide Abbeyfeale
Behind the Bush in the Garden
2 Slide Padraig O'Keefe's Favourite
Patsy Healy's
3 Slide Nelly Mahony's
Tom Carroll's
71 Reel Old Pensioner
Hickey's
2 Reel Flower of the Flock
The Flower of the Flock
81 Polka Top of Maol
The Groves of Gneeveguilla
2 Polka Humours of Ballydesmond
The Knocknaboul #1
3 Polka Knocknaboul Polka
The Knocknaboul #2
4 Polka As I Went Out upon the Ice
As I Went Out upon the Ice
91 Slide Barna Slide
Bridgie the Weaver's
2 Slide If I Had a Wife
The Next Wan
101 JigD Luachrachán's Jig
Crehan's
2 JigD Sweet Biddy Daly
Sweet Biddy Daly
111 Hpipe Galway Hornpipe
[1st tune in a set titled:] McDermott's / [title given for this particular tune:] The Galway Hornpipe
2 Hpipe McDermott's
[2nd tune in a set titled:] McDermott's / [title given for this particular tune:] The Flowers of Antrim
121 Mzrka Sonny's Mazurka
Sonny's Mazurka
2 Mzrka Shoe the Donkey
Fr. Halpin's Top Coat / Fr.Halpin's TopCoat / Shoe the Donkey
131 Polka Sonny Sweeney's
The Glencollins Polka
2 Polka Tom Billy's
Jack O'Connell's
141 JigSl Little Fair Cannavans
An Ceannabhán Bán
2 JigSl Whinny Hills of Leitrim
Larry Redican's
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