Album Contents: Before the Sun by The Friel Sisters

Basic album data
Artist Name	The Friel Sisters
Album Title	Before the Sun
Musicians	Anna Friel (flute, whistle, vocals), Sheila Friel (pipes, flute, whistle, vocals, Tibetan singing bowl), Clare Friel (fiddle, vocals), with Hajime Takahashi (guitar), Cathal Ó Curráin (bouzouki)
Source and other information	[Self-published], 2017. Recorded in Co. Westmeath. Released 20 January 2018 according to <http://frielmusic.com/#album> accessed 16 February 2025.

What Does this Page Tell You?

Each Irish tune on this album was identified after a careful, expert comparison of this recorded performance against all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index. The blue column shows just the most established tune title. Follow the links for complete tune info.

Click

below to hear the first 12 seconds

To get to your personal album notes, Log in or Create an account

I play 0 of the tunes on this album.
I have this album:
Note shared with my friends:
Note to myself only:

4 members have this album.

Where members are who have this album.

Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	JigD	Young Tom Ennis	Young Tom Ennis
	2	JigD	King of the Pipers	King of the Pipers / Rí na bPíobairí
	3	JigD	Hunt the Cat	Hunt the Cat
2	1 (0:34)	Song	Kelvin's Purling Stream	Kelvin's Purling Stream
3	1	Reel	It's in the Wind	It's in the Wind
	2	Reel	Laurel Tree	The Laurel Tree Performer: 1st time Clare (fiddle)
	3	Reel	Repeal of the Union	Repeal the Union
4	1	Song	Moorlough Shore	Moorlough Shores
5	1	JigD	Francie Dearg's	Ranafast Jig Performer: 1st time Clare (fiddle)
	2	JigD	Statia Donnelly's	Statia Donnelly
	3	JigD	My Former Wife	My Former Wife
6	1	Hland	Óró a Stór a Ghrá	[1st tune in a set titled:] A Stór a Stór a Ghrá
	2	Song	A Stór a Stór a Ghrá	A Stór a Stór a Ghrá
	3	JigD	Cailleach an Airgid	[3rd tune in a set titled:] A Stór a Stór a Ghrá / [title given for this particular tune:] The Hag with the Money
7	1	Song	Free and Easy	Free and Easy
8	1	March	Coolin	An Coolin March
	2	Slide	Farewell to Lissycasey	Farewell to Lissycasey
	3	Reel	Trim the Velvet	Trim the Velvet Performer: 1st time Anna (flute)
9	1	Reel	McCahill's	McCahill's Performer: Clare (fiddle)
	2	Reel	Pigeon on the Gate	The Pigeon on the Gate Performer: Clare (fiddle)
10	1 (0:22)	Song	Easter Snow	Easter Snow Performer: Sheila (vocal)
11	1	JigSl	Dusty Miller	The Dusty Miller
	2	Reel	Four Courts	The Four Courts
	3	Reel	Merry Sisters	The Merry Sisters Performer: 1st time Clare (fiddle)

Looking for a different album? Try the Album Search and Finder.

FAQ: Explain the tune rhythms.