McDonnell's Traditional Irish Music Slow Session

Flanagan’s Mob Set List of Tunes

We created a list of sets that we played every month at our Intermediate sessions. Click here to get a list of the sets in pdf format. 

Flanagan’s Mob Set List

1. Sweeney’s Polka (Vol. 1, 33); Murphy’s Polka (Vol. 1, 33); Hannah’s Polka (Vol. 1, 33)
2. West Clare Jig (Vol. 1, 54); Dingle Regatta (Vol. 1, 54)
3. The Silver Spear (Vol. 1, 17); Shannon Breeze (Vol. 1, 17)
4. Inisheer (Session Booklet)
5. Roddy McCauley (Vol. 2, 132); Wearing of the Green(Vol. 2, 132); Kelly, the Boy from Killane (Vol 2, 132)
6. Miss McLeods Reel (Vol. 1, 10); Merry Blacksmith (Vol. 1, 11);
7. Buachaill on Eirne (Vol. 1, 87); South Wind (Vol. 1, 87)
8. Ward’s Jig (Vol. 2, 105); Blarney Pilgrim (Handout)
9. King of the Fairies (Handout); The Rights of Man (Vol. 1, 47)
10. The Blackthorn Stick (Vol. 1, 56); Rakes of Kildare (Vol. 1, 42 & 63)
11. The Rose Tree (Vol. 1, 37); All the Way to Galway (Vol. 1, 37); Galway City (Vol. 1, 37); Finnigan’s Wake (Vol. 1,                37)
12. Battering Ram (Vol. 2, 105); Geese on the Bog (Handout Booklet, 8);
13. Draught of Ale (Saddle the Pony) (Vol. 1, 64); Tripping Upstairs (Vol. 1, 57)
14. Connachtman’s Rambles (Vol. 1, 57); Out on the Ocean (Portroe Jig) (Vol. 1, 59)
15. Cock O’the North (Handout Booklet, 3); 100 Pipers (Handout Booklet, 2)
16. Rakes of Mallow (KH Vol. 1, 36) Forty Pound Float (Session Tune Booklet)
17. The Stack of Barley (Vol. 2, 81); The Stack of Wheat (Vol. 2, 81)
18. Merrily Kiss the Quakers Wife (Vol. 1, 54); Kesh Jig (Vol. 1, 55)
19. Drowsy Maggie (Vol. 2, 30); Cooley’s Reel (Vol. 1, 9); Father Kelly’s No. 1 (Rosmore Jetty, KH Vol. 2, 18)
20. Maggie in the Wood (KH Vol 1, 40); All the Britches (KH Vol 1, 34)
21. Some Say the Devils Dead (Handout Booklet); Lucy Farr’s Barn dance (Handout Booklet, 13)
22. Marie’s Wedding (Vol. 1, 38); Tell My Ma (Session Booklet, 2)
23. Maid of Feakle (KH Vol. 1, 18); Humours of Tulla (Session Booklet, 4)
24. Maid Behind the Bar (KH Vol. 1, 10); Ash Plant (Session Booklet, 4)
25. Spootishkerry Reel (Session Booklet, 6); Frank’s Reel (Session Booklet)
26. Off To California (KH Vol. 1, 44); Boys of Bluehill (KH Vol. 1, 45)
27. Miss Monaghan (KH Vo. 1, 10); The Cup of Tea (KH Vol. 2, 20)
28. The Concertina Reel (KH Vo. 2, 2); Mountain Road (KH Vol. 1, 13)
29. Plains of Boyle (Session Booklet, 10); Fairies Hornpipe (KH Vol. 1, 45)
30. Primrose Lass (KH Vol. 1, 26); Longford Collector (KH Vol. 1, 27)

Additional Well-Known Commonly Played Tunes

Waltzes
Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff (KH Vol. 1, 84); The Old Claddagh Ring (KH Vol. 1, 84)
Elsey’s Waltz (Handout Booklet, 15)
Genevieve’s Waltz (Vol. 2, 129); Send a Letter to My Mother (Session Booklet ,18)
Give Me Your Hand (KH Vol. 2, 138)
Hector the Hero (http://irishsession.net) Tune of the month
Shoe the Donkey; also called “Varsovienne” or “Versavanna” (Vol. 1, 83)
Skye·Boat·Song (http://irishsession.net) Tune of the month

Jigs
Lannigan’s Ball (KH Vol. 2, 113)
Scatter the Mud (Session Booklet, 8)
Seamus Cooley’s Jig (KH Vol. 2, 108)

Slip Jigs
Foxhunters Jig (KH Vol. 1, 81)
The Butterfly (Session Booklet, 17)

March
King of Laois (Session Booklet, 11)
‘The Star of the County Down (Session Booklet)

Reels
Christmas Eve (KH Vo. 1, 12)
Dunmore Lasses (Session Booklet, 5)
Sally Gardens (Session Booklet, 6)

Compiled by M. J. and L. B. McDonnell January 2013