Below is the list of 90+ tunes that we play at our slow sessions. Click on Slow Session Tune List
to get a pdf copy of the list which tells you where to get the sheet music. Most of the tunes can also be heard by downloading the Free MP3 files. Some of this information has also been presented below.
Beginner Slow Session Tune List
The 25 Beginner Slow Session tunes that we encourage new players to learn can be viewed by clicking here.
Flanagan’s Mob Tune Sets
At most sessions around town or during performances Irish musicians typically play more than one tune at a time, typically they play 2 -3 tunes in a set. To see the common Flanagan’s Mob sets click on SETS or to download them click on PDF.
McDonnell’s Slow Session Tune list
2010
| Title | Type | Book | Page | ||
| 1 | 100 Pipers | Slide | Session Booklet | pg 2 | |
| 2 | All Around the World (Wise Maid) | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 12 | |
| 3 | All the Britches | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 34 | |
| 4 | All the Way to Galway | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 37 | |
| 5 | Ash Plant | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 4 | |
| 6 | Battering Ram | Jig | KH Vol. 2 | pg 105 | |
| 7 | Behind the Haystack | Jig | Session Booklet | pg 7 | |
| 8 | Blarney Pilgrim | Jig | Session Booklet | pg 9 | |
| 9 | Boys of Bluehill | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 1 | pg 45 | |
| 10 | Buachaill on Eirne | Waltz | KH Vol. 1 | pg 87 | |
| 11 | Christmas Eve | Reel | KH Vo. 1 | pg 12 | |
| 12 | Cock O’the North | Slide | Session Booklet | pg 3 | |
| 13 | Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff | Waltz | KH Vol. 1 | pg 84 | |
| 14 | Connachtman’s Rambles | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 57 | |
| 15 | Cooley’s | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 9 | |
| 16 | Denis Murphy’s Slide | Slide | KH Vol. 1 | pg 73 | |
| 17 | Dingle Regatta | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 54 | |
| 18 | Draught of Ale (Saddle the Pony) | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 64 | |
| 19 | Drowsy Maggie | Reel | KH Vol. 2 | pg 30 | |
| 20 | Dunmore Lasses | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 5 | |
| 21 | Elsey’s Waltz | Waltz | Session Booklet | pg 15 | |
| 22 | Fairies Hornpipe | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 1 | pg 45 | |
| 23 | Fanny Power | Waltz | KH Vol. 2 | pg 130 | |
| 24 | Father Kelly’s No. 1(Rossmore Jetty) | Reel | KH Vol. 2 | pg 18 | |
| 25 | Finnigan’s Wake | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 37 | |
| 26 | Forty Pound Float | Polka | Session Booklet | pg 1 | |
| 27 | Foxhunters Jig | Slip Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 81 | |
| 28 | Frank’s Reel | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 19 | |
| 29 | Galway City | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 37 | |
| 30 | Geese on the Bog | Jig | Session Booklet | pg 8 | |
| 31 | Genevieve’s Waltz | Waltz | KH Vol. 2 | pg 129 | |
| 32 | Give Me Your Hand | Waltz | KH Vol. 2 | pg 138 | |
| 33 | Green Hills of Antrim | Songs/Airs | KH Vol. 2 | pg 122 | |
| 34 | Hannah’s Polka | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 33 | |
| 35 | Harvest Home | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 1 | pg 45 | |
| 36 | Humours of Tulla | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 4 | |
| 37 | Inisheer | Waltz | Session Booklet | pg 20 | |
| 38 | Kelly, the Boy from Killane | Marches | KH Vol. 2 | pg 132 | |
| 39 | Kerry Slide 1 | Slides | KH Vol. 1 | pg 73 | |
| 40 | Kerry Slide 2 | Slides | KH Vol. 1 | pg 73 | |
| 41 | Kesh Jig | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 55 | |
| 42 | King of Laois | March | Session Booklet | pg 11 | |
| 43 | King of the Fairies | Set Dance | Session Booklet | pg 17 | |
| 44 | Lannigan’s Ball | Jig | KH Vol. 2 | pg 113 | |
| 45 | Lark in the Morning | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 58 | |
| 46 | Longford Collector | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 27 | |
| 47 | Lucy Farr | Barn Dance | Session Booklet | pg 13 | |
| 48 | Maggie in the Wood | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 40 | |
| 49 | Maid Behind the Bar | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 10 | |
| 50 | Marie’s Wedding | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 38 | |
| 51 | Martina’s Polka 1 | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 32 | |
| 52 | Martina’s Polka 2 | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 32 | |
| 53 | Martina’s Polka 3 | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 32 | |
| 54 | Merrily Kiss the Quakers Wife | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 54 | |
| 55 | Merry Blacksmith | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 11 | |
| 56 | Miss McLeods Reel | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 10 | |
| 57 | Miss Monaghan | Reel | KH Vo. 1 | pg 10 | |
| 58 | Mountain Road | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 13 | |
| 59 | Munster Buttermilk | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 72 | |
| 60 | Murphy’s Polka | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 33 | |
| 61 | O’Keefe’s Slide | Slide | Session Booklet | pg 3 | |
| 62 | Off To California | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 1 | pg 44 | |
| 63 | Out on the Ocean (Portroe Jig) | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 59 | |
| 64 | Plains of Boyle | Hornpipe | Session Booklet | pg 10 | |
| 65 | Planxty Irwin | Waltz | KH Vol. 1 | pg 87 | |
| 66 | Primrose Lass | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 26 | |
| 67 | Rakes of Kildare | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 42 | |
| 68 | Rakes of Mallow | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 36 | |
| 69 | Riding on a Load of Hay | Polka | Session Booklet | pg 19 | |
| 70 | Roddy McCauley | March | KH Vol. 2 | pg 132 | |
| 71 | Sally Gardens | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 6 | |
| 72 | Scatter the Mud | Jig | Session Booklet | pg 8 | |
| 73 | Seamus Cooley’s Jig | Jig | KH Vol. 2 | pg 108 | |
| 74 | Send a Letter to My Mother | Waltz | Session Booklet | pg 18 | |
| 75 | Shannon Breeze | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 17 | |
| 76 | Sheebeg Sheemore | Waltz | KH Vol. 2 | pg 140 | |
| 77 | Shoe the Donkey (“Varsovienne”) | Mazurka | KH Vol. 1. | pg 83 | |
| 78 | Six Penny Money | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 72 | |
| 79 | Skip About | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 72 | |
| 80 | Soldiers Joy | Polka | Session Booklet | pg 1 | |
| 81 | Sonny Brogan’s Mazurka | Mazurka | Session Booklet | pg 15 | |
| 82 | South Wind | Waltz | KH Vol. 1 | pg 87 | |
| 83 | Spootishkerry | Reel | Session Booklet | pg 6 | |
| 84 | Sweeney’s Polka | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 33 | |
| 85 | Tell My Ma | Polkas | Session Booklet | pg 2 | |
| 86 | The Banshee Reel | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 14 | |
| 87 | The Battle of Aughrim | March | Session Booklet | pg 21 | |
| 88 | The Blackthorn Stick | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 56 | |
| 89 | The Butterfly | Slip Jig | Session Booklet | pg 17 | |
| 90 | The Concertina Reel | Reel | KH Vo. 2 | pg 2 | |
| 91 | The Cup of Tea | Reel | KH Vol. 2 | pg 20 | |
| 92 | The Earl’s Chair | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 9 | |
| 93 | The Irish Washer Woman | Jig | Session Booklet | pg 9 | |
| 94 | The Old Claddagh Ring | Waltz | KH Vol. 1 | pg 84 | |
| 95 | The Rights of Man | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 1 | pg 47 | |
| 96 | The Rose Tree | Polka | KH Vol. 1 | pg 37 | |
| 97 | The Silver Spear | Reel | KH Vol. 1 | pg 17 | |
| 98 | The Stack of Barley | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 2 | pg 81 | |
| 99 | The Stack of Wheat | Hornpipe | KH Vol. 2 | pg 81 | |
| 100 | The Waves of Tory | Polkas | KH Vo. 1 | pg 38 | |
| 101 | Tripping Upstairs | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 57 | |
| 102 | Waltzing Matilda | Barn Dance | Session Booklet | pg 14 | |
| 103 | Ward’s Jig | Jig | KH Vol. 2 | pg 105 | |
| 104 | Wearing of the Green | March | KH Vol. 2 | pg 132 | |
| 105 | West Clare Jig | Jig | KH Vol. 1 | pg 54 | |
| 106 | Wild Hills of O’Wannies | Waltz | Session Booklet | pg 16 |