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Album Contents: The Turning of the Geese by Gay McKeon

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Artist Name	Gay McKeon
Album Title	The Turning of the Geese
Musicians	Gay McKeon (pipes), with Jacqui Martin (fiddle)
Source and other information	[Self-published] CDGMCK003, 2019. Released 4 July 2019 according to this Facebook post accessed 20 July 2025.

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Track	Tune	? Rhythm	Link to verified tune identity	Titles as listed on this album
1	1	Air	A Brat Chomh Deas Glas	Her Mantle So Green
2	1	JigD	Plearaca Na Suiri	Plearaca Na Suiri
	2	JigD	Little House under the Hill	The Little House Under the Hill
3	1	Reel	Johnny Allen's	An Bhean Tincéara
	2	Reel	Flax in Bloom	The Flax in Bloom
	3	Reel	Braes of Busby	The Braes of Busby
4	1	SetD	Ace and Deuce of Pipering	The Ace and Deuce of Piping
	2	SetD	Madame Bonaparte	Madame Bonaparte
5	1	Air	Caoineadh Eoghain Rua	Lament for Eoghan Ruadh O'Neill
6	1	JigD	Tumble the Tinker	Tumble the Tinker
	2	JigD	Hinchy's Delight	Hinchey's Delight
	3	JigD	A Tailor I Am	A Tailor I Am
7	1	Air	An Chéad Mháirt den Fhomhar	An Chead Mhairt den Fomhair Performer: (C pipes)
8	1	Hpipe	Cronin's Rambles	Cronin's Rambles
	2	Hpipe	Tuaim na Farraige	Tuam na Farraige
9	1	Air	An Buachaill Caol Dubh	An Buachaill Caol Dubh
10	1	March	March of the King of Laois	March of the King of Laois
11	1	Reel	Humours of Carrigaholt	The Humours of Carrigaholt
	2	Reel	Achonry Lasses	The Achonry Lasses
	3	Reel	Hairy Chested Frog	The Hairy Chested Frog
12	1	JigD	Boys of Tandragee	Boys of Tandragee, The Performer: (C pipes), with Jacqui Martin (fiddle)
	2	JigD	Blackeyed Biddy	Blackeyed Biddy Performer: (C pipes), with Jacqui Martin (fiddle)
	3	JigD	Garryowen	Garryowen Performer: (C pipes), with Jacqui Martin (fiddle)
13	1	Air	Seolfaimid Araon na Géanna Romhainn	The Turning of the Geese (Casam Araon Na Géanna Romhainn)
14	1	Reel	Old Woman of the House	The Mistress of the House
	2	Reel	Smoky House	The Smoky House

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