Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Introduction
Virtually every branch of Comhaltas holds a
regular traditional session. The frequency of
these events may vary from once a week in the
more active branches to monthly sessions in
others dependent on the number of musicians
and the general level of branch activity. Sessions
can also be found at every Fleadh Cheoil, and
many other traditional festivals not to mention a
number of celebrated pub venues up and down
the country too numerous to mention here. It is
no accident that this manifestation of Irish traditional culture is such a ubiquitous facet of the
traditional music scene as the good session
epitomises most of the characteristics (camaraderie, sharing of music, respect for fellow performers, etc.) which attract ever increasing
numbers of participants to this highly enjoyable
pursuit.
For sessions to be successful it is important that
participants have the opportunity to join in as
much as possible and the sets of standard traditional tunes in this publication should help musicians in that regard. The selections are based
on a consensus achieved at our regular
Wednesday night sessions held at the Cultrlann in Monkstown over a two year period.
When these started, because of the backgrounds of many of the musicians (some from
France, Mexico, Spain plus one or two from
Clare and Dublin!), it was very difficult to maintain any degree of continuity due to the varying
repertoires of the participants, hence the need
to adopt this approach.
Brian Prior
July 2001
List of Sets
Reels
Maid Behind the Bar
Kilmaley
Green Mountain
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Teetotaller, The
St. Anne's
London Lasses
Page 12
Concertina Reel
Come West Along the Road
Anderson's
Page 5
Boyne Hunt
Shannon Breeze
Red Haired Lass (Key of G)
Page 6
Drowsie Maggie
Page 13
Glass of Beer
Toss the Feathers (Em Version)
Toss the Feathers (D Version)
Page 7
Bank of Ireland
Woman of the House
Kerry Reel
Page 8
Silver Spear
Father Kelly's No. 1
Miss Monaghan
Page 9
Miss McLeod's
Merry Blacksmith
Sally Gardens
Page 14
Salamanca
Banshee
Sailor's Bonnet
Page 15
Earl's Chair
Tim Maloney's
Ships are Sailing
Page 16
Sheehan's
Cameronian
Foxhunter's
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Tulla Reel
Skylark
Roaring Mary
Page 18
Page 23
Lilting Banshee
Haste to the Wedding
Maid on the Green
Page 24
Page 21
Page 25
Haunted House
My Darling Asleep
Club Ceili
Page 22
Page 26
Page 10
Cooley's Reel
Wise Maid
Bird in the Bush
Page 11
Jigs
Humours of Glendart
Saddle the Pony
Tobin's Favourite
Page 19
Jigs (continued)
Kid on the Mountain
Morrison's
Leitrim Jig
Page 27
Trip to Athlone
Langstrom's Pony
Sackow's Jig
Page 30
Page 28
Morning Lark
Joe Cooley's Jig
Tom Billy's
Page 31
Dusty Windowsills
Cliffs of Moher
Rose in the Heather
Page 29
Page 32
Page 33
Boys of Bluehill
Cork Hornpipe
Cronin's Hornpipe
Page 34
Brosna Slide
O'Keefe's Slide
Denis Murphy's Slide
Page 35
Sweeny's Polka
Denis Murphy's Polka
Maggie in the Wood
Page 38
Page 36
Page 39
Page 37
Page 42
Hornpipes
Sonny Murray's Hornpipe
Home Ruler
Kitty's Wedding
Others
John Doherty's Mazurka
Page 40
Vincent Campbell's Mazurka
Sonny's Mazurka
Shoe the Donkey
Page 41
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Kilmaley
Glen Allen
Green Mountain
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Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Concertina Reel
Andersons
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Boyne Hunt
Shannon Breeze
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
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Maude Millar
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Bank of Ireland
Kerry Reel
Green Fields of Rosbeigh
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Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Silver Spear
Miss Monaghan
3
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Mountain Road
Creggs Pipes
10
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Cooleys Reel
3
Wise Maid
11
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
The Teetotaller
3
St. Annes
3
London Lasses
3
12
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Drowsie Maggie
Glass of Beer
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Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Miss McLeods
Merry Blacksmith
Sally Gardens
14
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Salamanca
3
Banshee
McMahons
Sailors Bonnet
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Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Earls Chair
Tim Maloneys
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16
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Sheehans
Cameronian
Foxhunters
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17
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Tulla Reel
Humors of Tulla
Skylark
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Roaring Mary
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Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Humours of Glendart
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Tobins Favourite
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8
3
19
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
20
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Kesh
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Rambling Pitchfork
6
8
21
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Haunted House
Vincent Broderick
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My Darling Asleep
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Club Cil
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22
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Blarney Pilgrim
6
8
23
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Lilting Banshee
6
8
24
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Humours of Ennistymon
6
8
Wandering Minstrel
1
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8
25
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Carraroe Jig
6
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26
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Morrisons
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Leitrim Jig
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27
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Kilavil Jig
6
8
28
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Dusty Windowsills
Austin Barrets
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Cliffs of Moher
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29
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Trip to Athlone
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Langstroms Pony
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8
Sackows Jig
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8
30
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Morning Lark
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8
Tom Billys
Flowers of Spring
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31
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Eavesdropper
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Sixpenny Money
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8
32
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
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Home Ruler
3
Kittys Wedding
33
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Boys of Bluehill
Cork Hornpipe
Harvest Home
3
Cronins Hornpipe
34
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Brosna Slide
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OKeefes Slide
12
8
35
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Peg Ryans
Kerry Polka No. 1
2
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36
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Armagh Polka
2
4
37
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Sweenys Polka
2
4
38
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Murroe Polka
2
4
Maids of Ardath
Toormore No. 2
2
4
39
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
40
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
Sonnys Mazurka
3
4
41
Foinn Seisin
Book 1
42
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Shannon Breeze
Shaskeen Reel
Sheehan's
Ships are Sailing
Silver Spear
Skylark
Sligo Maid
Sporting Paddy
St. Anne's
Stone of Destiny
Stone of Destiny
Sunny Banks Reel
Swallow's Tail
Swinging on the Gate
Tarbolton
Teetotaller, The
Tie The Bonnet
Tim Maloney's
Tinker's Daughter, The
Tom Ward's Downfall
Tommy People's Reel
Toss the Feathers (D Version)
Toss the Feathers (Em Version)
Traver's Reel
Trip to Durrow
Tulla Reel
Virginia Reel, The
Wind That Shakes The Barley
Wise Maid
Woman of the House
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Macho Snaps
Maid in the Meadow
Maid on the Green
Merrily Kiss The Quaker
Michael Hynes's Jig
Micho Russell's Slide
Mist Covered Mountain
Morning Lark
Morrison's
Mug of Brown Ale
Munster Buttermilk
My Darling Asleep
O'Keefe's Slide
Old Kilfenora Jig
Old Kilfenora Jig
Out on the Ocean
Paddy Clancy's Jig
Paddy Taylor's Jig
Pay the Reckoning
Pipe on the Hob No. 1
Pipe On The Hob No. 2
Priest, The
Queen of the Fair
Rambler, The
Rambling Pitchfork
Rose in the Heather
Ryan's Slip Jig
Sackow's Jig
Saddle the Pony
Scotsman Over The Border
Shandon Bells
Ship in Full Sail
Sixpenny Money
Star above the Garter
Strike the Gay Harp
Tar Road to Sligo
Tell Her I Am (O'Neill's Version)
Tobin's Favourite
Tom Billy's
Tommy Mulhaire's Jig
Tongs by the Fire, The
Trip to Athlone
Wandering Minstrel
Weavers, The
When Sick is it Tae You Want?
Willie Coleman's
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Hornpipes
Belfast Hornpipe, The
Boys of Bluehill
Cork Hornpipe
Cronin's Hornpipe
Derry Hornpipe, The
Fairy Queen, The
Galway Hornpipe, The
Good-Natured Man, The
Home Ruler
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Others
Around The Fairy Fort
III Page 31
Belltable Waltz, The
I Page 42
Fanny Power
III Page 41
If There Weren't Any Women In The World
III Page 31
John Doherty's Mazurka
I Page 40
Lucy Farr's Barn Dance
II Page 36
New Broom, The
III Page 31