Updated Celtic Tune List

[JohnTait]

Here’s an updated Celtic Tune List, for those that may be interested.

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• Andy McGann’s Reel John Tait
• Angus Campbell John Tait
• Atholl Highlanders John Tait
• Bag of Spuds John Tait
• Banbridge Girls John Tait
• Banbridge Girls / Shandon Bells John Tait
• Banshee(McMahons) John Tait
• Barrowburn Reel John Tait
• Bell Table Waltz John Tait
• Blackthorn Stick John Tait
• Bluebell Polka John Tait
• Bonnie Kate John Tait
• Bonnie Kate / Banshee/McMahons John Tait
• The Boys of Bluehill John Tait
• Boys of the Lough John Tait
• Brown Jug Polka John Tait
• Brumley Brae John Tait
• Bucks of Oranmore John Tait
• Calliope House John Tait
• Cedars of Lebanon Reel John Tait
• Charlie Hunter’s Jig John Tait
• Charlie Mulvihill’s John Tait
• Cherish the Ladies John Tait
• Chief O’Neill’s Favourite John Tait
• Chief O’Neill’s Favourite / Sunshine Hornpipe John Tait
• Circus Hornpipe John Tait
• Cold Frosty Morning John Tait
• Colonel Rodney’s John Tait
• Colonel Rodney’s / Angus Campbell John Tait
• Concertina Hornpipe John Tait
• Concertina Hornpipe / Circus Hornpipe John Tait
• Cooley’s Reel John Tait
• Cooley’s Reel / Wise Maid John Tait
• Crossing the Minch John Tait
• Cuckoo’s Nest John Tait
• Dances at Kinvara John Tait
• Dances at Kinvara / Bluebell Polka John Tait
• Denis Murphy’s John Tait
• Derry Hornpipe John Tait
• Derry Hornpipe / High Level Hornpipe John Tait
• Devil’s Dream John Tait
• Dick Gossip’s John Tait
• Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban John Tait
• Donegal Reel John Tait
• Donegal Reel / Sally Gardens John Tait
• Dowd’s No.9 John Tait
• Dowd’s No.9 / Over the Moor to Maggie John Tait
• Drowsy Maggie John Tait
• Drowsy Maggie / High Reel John Tait
• Dungannon Sweetheart John Tait
• Farrel O’Gara’s John Tait
• Farrel O’Gara’s / The Silver Spire John Tait
• Father Kelly’s Reel John Tait
• Father Kelly’s Reel / Saint Anne’s Reel John Tait
• Fermoy Lasses John Tait
• Fermoy Lasses / Miss McLeod’s Reel John Tait
• Fisherman’s Island John Tait
• Fisherman’s Island / Hunter’s House Reel John Tait
• Fisher’s Hornpipe John Tait
• Fisher’s Hornpipe / Galway Hornpipe John Tait
• Flax in Bloom John Tait
• Flax in Bloom / Pigeon on the Gate John Tait
• Flowers of Edinburgh John Tait
• Flowers of Edinburgh / Staten Island / Roxborough Castle John Tait
• Flowers of Limerick John Tait
• Flowers of Limerick / Torn Jacket John Tait
• Four Poster Bed John Tait
• Frank’s Reel John Tait
• Frank’s Reel / The Mason’s Apron John Tait
• Galway Hornpipe John Tait
• Galway Rambler John Tait
• Glen of Aherlow (Lafferty’s) John Tait
• Going to the Well for Water John Tait
• Golden Eagle Hornpipe John Tait
• Gravel Walks John Tait
• Hand me down the Tackle John Tait
• Hand me down the Tackle / Scholar Reel John Tait
• Harvest Home John Tait
• Heather Breeze John Tait
• High Level Hornpipe John Tait
• High Reel John Tait
• Home Ruler John Tait
• Home Ruler / Off to California John Tait
• Humours of Ennistymon John Tait
• Humours of Ennistymon / Wheels of the World (Jig) John Tait
• Hunter’s House Reel John Tait
• Irish Washerwoman
• I’ll Tell me Ma John Tait
• Jackie Coleman’s John Tait
• Jackie Coleman’s / Dick Gossip’s John Tait
• Jackson’s #2 John Tait
• Jean’s Reel John Tait
• Jenny’s Chickens John Tait
• Jig of Slurs John Tait
• Jimmy’s Favorite
• John Ryan’s Polka John Tait
• John Ryan’s Polka / I’ll Tell me Ma / Denis Murphy’s John Tait
• Joyous Waltz John Tait
• Julia Delaney’s John Tait
• Kesh Jig John Tait
• Kildare Fancy John Tait
• Killavil Reel John Tait
• Knights of St. Patrick John Tait
• Knotted Cord John Tait
• La Cosa Mulligan John Tait
• La Cosa Mulligan / Bonnie Kate John Tait
• Lad O’Beirne’s Hornpipe John Tait
• Lad O’Beirne’s Hornpipe / High Level Hornpipe John Tait
• Last Night’s Fun John Tait
• Lord Lovat’s Lament John Tait
• Louis Waltz – fixed John Tait
• Maid Behind the Bar John Tait
• Maid Behind the Bar / O’Rourke’s Reel John Tait
• The Maid Behind the Bar / The Silver Spire John Tait
• Marco’s Reel John Tait
• Margaret"s Waltz John Tait
• The Mason’s Apron John Tait
• Meeting of the Waters John Tait
• The Merry Blacksmith John Tait
• The Merry Blacksmith / Mountain Road John Tait
• Miller’s Reel John Tait
• Milliner’s Daughter John Tait
• Miss McLeod’s Reel John Tait
• Miss Monaghan’s John Tait
• Morrison’s Jig John Tait
• Mountain Road John Tait
• Mudgee Waltz John Tait
• Mulhaire’s #4 Reel John Tait
• Mullingar Races John Tait
• Mullingar Races / Sheehan’s Reel John Tait
• Mursheen Dorkin John Tait
• Mursheen Dorkin / Waves of Tory Polka / Brown Jug Polka John Tait
• My Darling Asleep John Tait
• My Darling Asleep / Tripping Up The Stairs / Blackthorn Stick / Rakes of Kildare John Tait
• My Love is in America John Tait
• My Love is in America / Peeler’s Jacket John Tait
• New Copperplate John Tait
• New Copperplate / The Maid Behind the Bar John Tait
• Off to California John Tait
• Old Copperplate John Tait
• Old Copperplate / Star of Munster John Tait
• Old Harvest Home/Cliff Hornpipe John Tait
• Old Harvest Home/Cliff Hornpipe / Kildare Fancy John Tait
• Orotaba Waltz John Tait
• Orotaba Waltz / Mudgee Waltz / Rose of Aranmore / Wild Colonial Boy Waltz John Tait
• Over the Moor to Maggie John Tait
• O’Carolan’s Concerto John Tait
• O’Rourke’s Reel John Tait
• Pachabel’s Frolics (Koehler’s Hornpipe) John Tait
• Paddy Fahey’s Reel John Tait
• Peach Blossoms Barndance John Tait
• Peeler’s Jacket John Tait
• Petronella John Tait
• Pigeon on the Gate John Tait
• Queen of the Fair John Tait
• Queen of the Fair / Tongs by the Fire John Tait
• Rakes of Kildare John Tait
• Rattlin’ Bog John Tait
• Red Haired Boy John Tait
• Rose of Aranmore John Tait
• Roxborough Castle John Tait
• Salamanca Reel John Tait
• Salamanca Reel / Banshee/McMahons John Tait
• Sally Gardens John Tait
• Scholar Reel John Tait
• Shandon Bells John Tait
• Shandon Bells / Tobin’s Favorite John Tait
• Shaskeen Reel John Tait
• Shaskeen Reel / Fisherman’s Island John Tait
• Sheehan’s Reel John Tait
• Shetland Fiddler John Tait
• Showman’s Fancy John Tait
• Showman’s Fancy / Charlie Mulvihill’s John Tait
• The Silver Spear John Tait
• The Silver Spear / Miss Monaghan’s John Tait
• The Silver Spire John Tait
• The Silver Spire / Mulhaire’s #4 Reel John Tait
• Sligo Maid John Tait
• Soldier’s Joy John Tait
• Sonny Brogan’s/Charlie Lennon’s Mazurka John Tait
• Spey in Spate John Tait
• St Anne’s Reel John Tait
• Star of Munster John Tait
• Star of Munster / Julia Delaney’s John Tait
• Staten Island John Tait
• Sunshine Hornpipe John Tait
• Swallow Tail Reel John Tait
• Swallow Tail Reel / Sheehan’s Reel John Tait
• Teetotaller’s Reel John Tait
• Teetotaller’s Reel / Maid Behind the Bar John Tait
• Three Days in Dublin John Tait
• Tobin’s Favorite John Tait
• Tongs by the Fire John Tait
• Torn Jacket John Tait
• Trip to Durrow John Tait
• Tripping Up The Stairs John Tait
• Washington’s March John Tait
• Wheels of the World / Knights of Saint Patrick John Tait
• Wheels of the World (Jig) John Tait
• Wild Colonial Boy Waltz John Tait
• Wind that Shakes the Barley John Tait
• Wind that shakes the Barley / Barrowburn Reel John Tait
• Wise Maid John Tait
• Wissahickon Drive John Tait

[PaulHorton]

Thanks John. Useful to me as I used to play many of these tunes in sessions in the UK. I am also primarily a fiddle and mando player.

[JohnTait]

Thanks Paul.
Glad they were helpful.
I practice a lot on my own as I live in Outback Australia.
There aren’t too many players around.
I too am a fiddle and mandolin player.
Cheers.
John

[JoshFranklin]

New subscriber here. What a wonderful list! I just put together about 50 of my own because I was searching for many of these tune names in the search field and they didn’t show up. Dang!

Out of curiosity, do you have a specific guitar backing selection that you prefer for airs and polkas?

[JohnTait]

I’m glad you found this list useful Josh.
It took me a while to compile it.
I don’t play any Airs and the few polkas I play, it seems standard “boom chucka boom” at 115bpm seems to suffice. Have a look at “John Ryan’s” or “Mursheen Dorkin” medleys.
Cheers.