Of the 309 hornpipes played by irishtune.info members – after excluding members who claim less than five tunes – which are the most popular?
Rank | How many members play this tune | Tune (and link to tune details) |
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1 | 419 | Boys of Bluehill |
2 | 373 | Rights of Man |
3 | 365 | Harvest Home |
4 | 328 | Off to California |
5 | 172 | Home Ruler |
6 | 166 | Red-Haired Boy |
7 | 145 | Chief O'Neill's Favorite |
8 | 139 | Cronin's Hornpipe |
9 | 133 | Kitty's Wedding |
10 | 129 | Plains of Boyle |
11 | 127 | Galway Hornpipe |
12 | 125 | Flowers of Edinburgh |
13 | 124 | Stack of Barley |
14 | 118 | Humours of Tullycrine |
15 | 102 | Fisher's Hornpipe |
16 | 102 | Poll Ha'penny |
17 | 93 | Pride of Petravore |
18 | 79 | Her Lovely Hair Was Flowing Down Her Back |
19 | 77 | Wicklow Hornpipe |
20 | 77 | Liverpool Hornpipe |
About the sort order: Tunes that are tied with the same number of people playing them are then ranked with the oldest tunes first, based on the post-1900 publication histories of the tune, as documented in irishtune.info.
Caveat: The accuracy of these "session" statistics depend on how carefully each contributor was about entering his or her repertoire. There are known cases when users have hastily grabbed at a wrong tune only because it happens to have the same title as the intended tune, without bothering to read more closely. This behavior should only have a minor effect on these "most popular" lists.