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Of the 161 slides 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 282 | Road to Lisdoonvarna |
| 2 | 273 | O'Keeffe's Slide |
| 3 | 250 | Kilfenora Jig |
| 4 | 249 | Merrily Kiss the Quaker |
| 5 | 246 | Star above the Garter |
| 6 | 179 | Denis Murphy's |
| 7 | 166 | Brosna Slide |
| 8 | 110 | Going to the Well for Water |
| 9 | 102 | Hundred Pipers |
| 10 | 99 | Palm Sunday |
| 11 | 96 | Patsy Geary's |
| 12 | 95 | Dingle Regatta |
| 13 | 89 | Dingle Regatta |
| 14 | 83 | An Chóisir |
| 15 | 70 | Cúil Aodha |
| 16 | 70 | Denis O'Keeffe's |
| 17 | 64 | Hare in the Corn |
| 18 | 64 | Glountane Slide |
| 19 | 61 | Micko Russell's Slide |
| 20 | 58 | Merrily Kiss the Quaker |
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.