Traditional Irish Music Session Tunes

This is an assembly of YouTube videos of traditional Irish tunes that are on the official 'must know' list for sessions. I have gathered them together here so I can access them easily when I want to practise a new tune. YOu might want to save this page to your favourites so you can come back to it again.

This site also happens to be strongly biased towards the Dempsey's bar official tune list. Dempsey's Bar is located at 61 Second Ave in Manhattan, New York, between Third and Fourth Streets. The session at Dempsey's occurs every Tuesday at 8:00 PM. For more information, visit the official site at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/dempseysnyc/

OK. That's enough of a plug! On with the music...

Where I had a choice of videos, I have included more than one. It's always interesting to hear a tune being interpreted differently by different players. I have also tended to prefer fiddle playing where I could, because that's the instrument I'm learning. However there's plenty here for all trad music players to enjoy.

Ryan's + Farewell To Whalley Range + The Ashplant (Irish Flute + Tin Whistle & Guitar)

Out on the Ocean + Saddle the Pony

Geese in the Bog (Slower)

Geese in the Bog (Faster) + Morrison's Jig

Morrison's Jig (whistle, slow walkthrough)

The Blarney Pilgrim

The Blarney Pilgrim (Guitar, Key: ) + Marrily Dance the Quaker

Apples in Winter + Pipe on the Hob

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Jig of Slurs + Athol Highlanders (Fiddle)

East of Glendart (piper)

Donnybrook Fair (whistle, slower)

Donnybrook Fair (whistle)

Jim Ward's + Willie's Trip to Toronto (Fiddle + neighbour's dogs)

Jim Ward's (whistle, includes very slow walkthrough)

Gallaghers Frolics (whistle, slow walkthrough)

Sixpenny Money (uilleann pipes)

The ashplant (squeezebox)

Jenny Picking Cockles (concertina, v. fast!)

Earls Chair

"Na Geataí Glasuaine" (The Green Gates) and "Cathaoir an Iarla" (The Earl's Chair).
(Recorded sometime in the late 70s or early 80s, the Buíon Cheoil Learphoil Céilí Band play "Na Geataí Glasuaine" (The Green Gates) and "Cathaoir an Iarla" (The Earl's Chair)).

Ships are Sailing ("Longa faoí Sheol") + Toss the Feathers ("Craith na Cleití") (accordian) (Tony Mac Mahon playing at An Ceoláras Náisiúnta, Dublin, 1982)

Ships are Sailing

Star of Munster (mixed)

McMahon's + Star of Munster

Merry Blacksmith + Salamanca + Star of Munster (mixed)

Chicago Reel + Lucy Campbell's

The Old Bush

Maid Behind the Bar (mixed, slow)

Maid Behind the Bar (banjo, slow mode)

La Bastringue + Little Miss Susan Cooper + Maid Behind the Bar (Fiddle)

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OK, on with dem jigs'n'reels,baby!!

Wind That Shakes The Barley (Fiddle)