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No video for this one, but this is one of the greatest Irish trad groups of all time - the Bothy Band playing The Butterfly Slip Jig.

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Our friend from Douglas Comhaltas, Joanne, demonstrates how to play Deirdre's Fancy on the tin whistle. It's played nice and slowly for ya.

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The Rocky Road to Dublin is both a song and a slip jig. It is quite fast, but knowing the air/words will help you with learning to play it on your instrument.

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The Kings of Connaught - The Rocky Road to Dublin

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Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile by The Dubliners

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Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile by The Dubliners

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There is hundreds of other versions of this song on YouTube, but here is once nice one for you with lots of instruments.

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Oró Sé do Bheatha 'Bhaile - The Dubliners

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Óró 'sé do bheatha 'bhaile by Paul Brady and Iarla Ó Lionáird

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Óró 'sé do bheatha 'bhaile by Paul Brady and Iarla Ó Lionáird

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Another fantastic version of this song. The melody is different than the common version, but it is lovely. And this video has lots of nice history and translations to explore for those intereted.

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Óró 'sé do bheatha 'bhaile - LYRICS + Translation

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Lovely version of this air featuring lots of different traditional instruments.

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Beidh Aonach Amárach (An Gréasaí Bróg) by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

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Beidh Aonach Amárach (An Gréasaí Bróg) by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

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Dawning of the Day - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners

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Dawning of the Day - Luke Kelly & The Dubliners

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One of the best versions of this song. Luke Kelly sings it as an air, so it doesn't have much rhythm. The next example is of the same tune played more like a march.

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Fáinne Geal an Lae (Dawning of the Day) by Jessie Cawley

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Fáinne Geal an Lae (Dawning of the Day) by Jessie Cawley

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In this video, Jessie Cawley demonstrates the tune Dawning of the Day when it is played as a march. It is faster and more strictly played than the Luke Kelly song above. She also tells  a little bit about the tune.

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Fáinne Geal an Lae (Dawning of the Day) demonstration by Jessie Cawley

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Lovely Irish song that is also in jig time. Colm O'Donnell sings a great version here with fantastic rhythm and instrumentation.

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Our good friend Karl demonstrates

Dálaigh's Polka on Flute, bodhran and bouzouki. So talented.

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Irish Traditional Flute, Bouzouki, Bodhrán - Dalaighs Polka Clip - Trad. Arr. Karl Nesbitt

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The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains

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The Foggy Dew - Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains

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Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains sing and play the Foggy Dew in this video. It starts really slowly, but she begins to sing with a march rhythm around 1 1/2 minutes into it.

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Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew

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In this example the 2 hornpipes The Boys of Bluehill & Harvest Home are played together as a 'set.' A set of tunes is 2 or more tunes strung together without a break. They almost always are of the same types (polkas go with polkas, jig with jigs, etc).

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Tune of the Week 21 - John Blessing's Reel

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Lovely air

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"Eily Gheal Chiuin (Gentle Fair Eily)", Grainne Hambly & William Jackson

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There are dozens of brilliant versions of this song on YouTube, but this is a lovely one. You might want to check out versions by Iarla Ó Lionáird,  Cheiftain's (with Sting) and

Cór Cúil Aodha.

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Jessie plays an arrangement of Planxty Irwin here

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This is an uptempo version of Star of the County Down, don't worry about playing it this fast. It is nice to hear and sing it at this pace to get used to the rhythm, then you can try it out slower.

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Star Of The County Down - Angelo Kelly & Family

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Sally Gardens - Maura O'Connell with Karen Matheson

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Sally Gardens - Maura O'Connell with Karen Matheson

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Maura O'Connell sings a lovely version of Down by the Sally Gardens. Nice fiddles and guitars in the background as well.

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Down by the Sally Gardens-Maura O'Connell with Karen Matheson

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Spancil Hill is a song written by Michael Considine (1850–73), who was born in Spancil Hill and migrated to the US. It is an Irish emigration song about a man who longs for his home County Clare. All the characters and places in this song are real.

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Jessie plays Return to Fingal here on the flute, fiddle & whistle.  Herei s a slower version if anyone needs it: https://youtu.be/A_i13_2KKbM

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In this video, The Chieftains play the march

Rosc Catha Na Mumhain. It starts with a slow American style guitar, but the march rhythm comes in with the tune around the 1:05 mark.

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Rosc Catha Na Mumhain / Arkansas Traveller / The Wild Irishman

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This version of the Song of the Chanter features rock drums. There are older, traditional versions to watch too below.

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Drams Ceilidh Band - The Song of the Chanter

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Harp version of the Song of the Chanter

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Inisheer is a lovely Waltz. You can play it nice and slowly (more slow than this video) to make it more like an air.

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Inisheer (Irish) - fiddle and accordion/melodeon

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Shoe the Donkey is an Irish dance, and this video shows both the dance and tune in the background played by an accordion.

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This video shows traditional musicians in a music session (in the US), playing the barndance Gypsy Princess.

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This humours song is also a jig. This version is by Séamus Ennis (1919-1982), who was a famous piper, whistle player, and collector of Irish traditional music and song.

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No video in this example, but it is a lovely slower version of the Cordal Jig. They play it in a set with another nice Jig 'The Rolling Wave' that many of our members know.

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In 2017, Fergal Scahill recorded a new tune everyday of the year! He plays the Geese in the Bog here for us. It's pretty fast, but lovely to listen to. No pressure to play along, it's nice to listen to. You can click here for a slightly slower version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeRf6DDNgRE

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Fergal Scahill's fiddle tune a day 2017 - Day 338! The Geese in the Bog

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The Miller of Glanmire is a very popular jig, especially here in Cork. This version comes from the great box player Aiden Coffey, who often plays in the Corner House music sessions in town

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Jigs: The Miller of Glanmire / The Cliffs of Moher

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Out on the Ocean is a great traditional Irish jig. This tune has an interesting B section in that it is slightly different the second time.  Renowned Irish fiddler Kevin Burke demonstrates how to play the song and breaks down the melody note by note on the fiddle. It is a little fast, but great to listen to and you can play along with any instrument.

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The Trip to Athlone & Miller of Glanmire (Jig) 

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The Trip to Athlone & Miller of Glanmire (Jig) 

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No video here, but this is a lovely version of the Trip to Athlone with lots of different traditional instruments. They play it in a set with 2 other jigs. They go into the 'Lilting Banshee' which is another name for the Miller of Glanmire jig. They also play a third tune in the set Jimmy Ward's Jig.

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The Trip to Athlone/The Lilting Banshee/Jimmy Ward's Jig

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The Mulcahy Family play a set of 3 reels in this example -

The Road to Cree/John Egan’s/Sarah Hobbs. You can hear John Egan's begin at the :57 mark. Like lots of Irish tunes, this has a few different names, Tom Dowd's being one of them. People often put names on tunes if they are associated with particular musicians.

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Mick, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy - Topic

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The Road to Cree/john Egan’s/sarah Hobbs

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This example is of a set of 4 polkas, played each after another without a break or pause. The first two appear in our tune book, the Kerry Polka and Daly's Polka. There are several Daly's polkas, sometimes as Gaeilge (Dálaigh’s).

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Polkas - Kerry, Dalaigh\'s, Denis Murphy\'s, John Ryan\'s

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A bunch of banjos, bodhráns and bouzouki players blasting out a set of polkas. The first one is the lovely Little Diamond Polka.

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The little diamond, polka ; and other polkas / Joanne O'Connor, banjo ; and others

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Kerry Polka & Maggie in the Woods (slow version) 

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Kerry Polka & Maggie in the Woods (slow version) 

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In this example, the great fiddle player Séamus Creagh plays Kerry Polka and Maggie in the Woods in a set. It’s quite slow, so try to play along by ear. This is from his ‘Tunes for Practice’ CD

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During the first lockdown, Jessie made this video for Club Ceoil Blarney students at home. Mrs Crowley's is a lovely polka

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Mrs Crowley's Polka - Demonstrations for tin whistle and fiddle

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Here is a slow version of the Ratlin Bog that you might be able to try playing along to. The next video shows the Ratlin Bog as a song.

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OAIM's First Ever Global Irish Music Session Tune | The Rattlin' Bog

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The Rattlin' Bog - The Irish Rovers (w/ Lyrics)

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This polka comes from Terry Teahan, a fiddle player from County Kerry. This is a nice version from two concertina players from Clare. Try it yourself at home

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TERRY TEEHAN'S POLKA | With Special Guest Lily | Irish Music Tunes on Concertina

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There's No Place Like Home (Cooraclare Polka)

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There's No Place Like Home (Cooraclare Polka)

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This is a lovely set of polkas played by Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon from Clare. They play 'There is no place like home' second in the set, which you can hear starting at 1:04. This polka has many names, and the lads here call it the Corraclare Polka.

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The Babes in the Wood / Cooraclare Polka / Clare Gragoons (Polkas)

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Tripping to the Well is a lovely polka, played here by Niamh Ni Charra. It is the 2nd tune in this set, and it starts at the 1:45 mark.

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The Curlew Hills / Tripping to the Well / Two-Part Pour (Barndance / Polkas)

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Seamus Creagh plays the Brosna Slide with Art O’Keefee’s played second (in the book, we have it displayed in ABC order). He plays with great rhythm, it very slowly for learners on his ‘Tunes for Practice’ CD.

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Denis Murphy was a famous fiddle player from the Sliabh Luachra region on the Cork/Kerry border. Eoin O'Sullivan plays it nice and slowly for us here, so try to play along.

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This is a very fast (brilliant!) version of Hare in the Corn with another tune played before it (Rathawaun). The tune starts at 58 seconds. No pressure trying to play along, it's great to listen to the old greats like Julia Clifford and Denis Murphy playing on their own.