A list of Irish tunes, popular in the Baltimore area

List created and sourced by Erich Marschner, 10 May 2023

Many thanks to the very knowledgable, Erich Marschner, for assembling this wonderful list and providing sources! This is a fab resource for anyone wanting to learn Irish tunes and also get a good return for your effort!

Notes from Erich:

“This is a compilation of tune names from various sources.  Most of the sources are local to the Baltimore area.  The numbers following each tune name indicate which source(s) the tune came from.  I put this list together as the basis for pulling together scores for a Baltimore area session tunebook.”

“This is a work in progress, since there are many more sources to consider.  That said, its current state may be useful for anyone who wants to learn tunes that may come up in Baltimore area sessions.”

-Erich Marschner, 10 May 2023

SOURCES

[1] Jason Gaynor, note re: common session tunes in the Baltimore area, 
     posted on thesession.org ca. 2011
[2] Tunes played at Donna Long’s session at Catch-22 from Feb-May 2016
[3] Tunes played at In Like Flynn’s sessions from July-Dec 2021:
http://www.irishsessiontunes.net/2021/11/tunes-we-play.html
[4] Some tunes often played by Peter Fitzgerald at J. Patrick’s from 1990s-2012
[5] Some tunes played in 2022 sessions at In Like Flynn’s and subsequent venues
[6] Some tunes I recall Billy McComiskey playing in various sessions
[7] Alan Ng, “The Top 100 Tunes of the Century,” irishtune.info Irish Traditional Music 
     Tune Index, 26 March 2022, 22 May 2022 
<http://www.irishtune.info/top-tunes.htm>.
[8] Some tunes composed by local musicians (Fitzgerald, McComiskey, Byrne, …)
[9] Session Tunes Collected and Written by John Walsh (2/4/94):
http://www.ceolas.org/pub/tunes/tunes.pdf/SessionTunes.pdf

Reels

Abbey Reel [7]
Andy McGann’s [4]
Ashplant
Bag of Spuds [7]
Bank of Ireland [3,9]
Banshee [1]
Beare Island [2]
Bird in the Bush [2,7]
Blockers [6]
Boil the Breakfast Early [5]
Bonnie Kate [7]
Boys of Ballisodare [7]
Boys of the Lough [7]
Brenda Stubbert’s [1]
Broken Pledge [2]
Bucks of Oranmore [7]
Bunch of Keys [7]
Bunker Hill [2]
Castle Kelly
Christmas Eve [9]
Claudette’s [3,4,8]
Cliffs of Moher [3]
College Groves [7]
Collier’s Reel [7]
Come West Along the Road [7]
Concert Reel [3]
Concertina Reel [3]
Congress [1,3]
Connaught Heifers
Connemara Stockings
Controversial [6,8]
Cooley’s [1,3,9]
Copperplate, The New [1,3,7]
Copperplate, The Old [3]
Craig’s Pipes [7]
Cup Of Tea [3]
Devanny’s Goat [1,2]
Dick Gossip’s [5]
Did You Wash Your Father’s Shirt [3]
Dinny O’Brien’s [2]
Doon [2]
Down the Broom [7]
Drowsy Maggie [4,9]
Dublin Reel [7]
Earl’s Chair [3,9]
Far From Home [4]
Farewell to Erin [2,7]
Farrell O’Gara [7]
Father Kelly’s [3]
Fermoy Lasses [7,9]
Flax in Bloom [1,2]
Flogging Reel [7]
Foxhunter’s [1,2,3]
Four Courts [3]
Galway Rambler [9]
George White’s Favourite [7]
Glass of Beer [1]
Golden Keyboard [3]
Gravel Walk [1,2]
Green Groves of Erin [7]
Green Mountain [7]
Hanley’s Tweed
Hare’s Paw [7]
Heather Breeze [7]
High Reel [1,2]
Holly Bush (aka Finbarr Dwyer’s) [5]
House of Hamill [2]
Humours of Ballyconnell [5]
Humours of Tulla [1]
Hunter’s House [2,3]
Ivy Leaf [5]
Jackie Coleman’s [3]
Jenny’s Chickens [7]
Jim Donoghue’s [3]
John Brennan’s
Johnny Allen [3,6]
Jolly Tinker [3]
Julia Delaney [5]
Junior Crehan’s Favorite [9]
Kerry Reel [7]
Killavil Fancy [2]
Kiss the Maid Behind the Barrel [7]
Kitty’s Gone A-Milkin’ [2,7]
Lad O’Beirne’s [2]
Ladies’ Pantalettes [7]
Lady Anne Montgomery [3]
Lark in the Morning [1]
Little Stack of Wheat [2]
London Lasses [7]
Lord Gordon’s [7]
Lucy Campbell [7]
Maid Behind the Bar [1,7,9]
Maid of Mount Kisco [3,7]
Man of the House [1,7]
Mason’s Apron [7]
Maude Millar #1 [2]
Maude Millar #2 [2]
Mayor Harrison’s Fedora [2]
McCarthy’s [4]
McDonagh’s [3]
Merry Blacksmith [9]
Miss McLeod [7,9]
Miss Monaghan [7]
Mist-Covered Mountains [2]
Molloy’s Favourite
Monaghan Twig [5]
Morning Dew [2,7]
Morning Star [3,7]
Mountain Road [1,3,7]
Mountain Top [7]
Music in the Glen [2]
Musical Priest [1,2]
My Love Is In America [3,7]
New-Mown Meadows [7]
Old Bush [2,7]
Old Copperplate [1]
Old Dudeen [2]
Old Torn Petticoat [5]
O’Rourke’s Reel [1]
Ormond Sound [3]
Otter’s Holt [1,2]
Over the Moor to Maggie [4]
Paddy Ryan’s Dream [7]
Paddy Taylor’s [5]
Pigeon on the Gate [1,7,9]
Providence [3]
Rakish Paddy [3,7]
Red Haired Lass [1]
Reel of Rio [2]
Roaring Mary [1]
Roll Her in the Rushes [3]
Rolling in the Ryegrass (aka Shannon Breeze) [1,3]
The Rookery
Roscommon Reel [3]
Rose in the Heather [2]
Saint Anne’s Reel [9]
Salamanca [7]
Sally Gardens [1,7,9]
Seán sa Cheo [7]
Sergeant Early’s Dream [3]
Shaskeen [2,7,9]
Sheehan’s [9]
Ships are Sailing [9]
Shoemaker’s Daughter [3]
Silver Spear [1,3,7,9]
Skylark [1]
Sligo Maid [2,7,9]
Splendid Isolation [5]
Sporting Nell [7]
Star of Munster [7,9]
Steampacket [7]
Swallow’s Tail [7]
Sweeney’s Buttermilk
Sweetheart Reel (aka Temple House Reel) [3]
Swinging on the Gate [3,9]
Temperance [9]
The Tempest
Tom Billy’s (aka O’Keefe’s Speed the Plough) [3]
Tommy Peoples’ (aka The Milkmaid) [3]
Toss the Feathers [7]
Trim the Velvet [7]
Trip to Durrow [3]
Virginia [3]
Wild Irishman [1]
Wind That Shakes the Barley [1,7]
Wise Maid [1,9]
Within a Mile of Dublin [5]
Woman of the House [1,3,7]

Jigs

Anthony Frawley’s [3]
Apples in Winter [2]
Banish Misfortune [1,3]
Battering Ram [1,7]
Bill Harte’s [3]
Black Rogue [7]
Blarney Pilgrim [3,9]
Brendan Tonra’s (aka Andy McGann’s) [2]
Butcher’s March [7]
Cailleach an Airgid (aka Hag with the Money) [7]
Calliope House (in D) [3]
Castle, The (aka Seán Ryan’s) [3]
Cliffs of Moher [9]
Connaughtman’s Rambles [1,3,7,9]
Cook in the Kitchen [5]
Cow That Ate the Blanket [2]
Dairy Maid [7]
Dusty Windowsills [3]
Eddie Kelly’s (aka The Meelick Team) [3]
Father O’Flynn’s (aka Top of the Cork Road) [3,9]
Frieze Britches [7]
Gallagher’s Frolics [2,3]
Gander in the Pratie Hole [3]
Garrett Barry’s [3,7,9]
Geese in the Bog [1,3,7]
Gillian’s Apples [1]
Goat on the Green [3]
Gold Ring [9]
Hag at the Churn [3]
Haunted House [2]
Have a Drink with Me [2]
Helvic Head [3]
Jerry’s Beaver Hat [2]
Jimmy Ward’s [1,3]
Joy of My Life (aka Donnybrook Fair) [2,9] 
Kesh [1,2,9]
Killavil [3]
Kitty’s Rambles [7]
Lilting Banshee [1,2,3]
Lark in the Morning [1,9]
Lark on the Strand [2,3]
Maid in the Meadow [7]
Maid on the Green [1,3,7]
Monaghan Jig [3]
Morrison’s [3,9]
Mug of Brown Ale [9]
My Darling Asleep [1]
Nightingale [2,3]
Old John’s Jig [3]
Old Man Dillon [2]
Out On The Ocean [3]
Paddy Clancy’s [3]
Pipe on the Hob (2-part in Dmix) [3]
Rakes of Kildare [3]
Rambling Pitchfork [3,7]
Rolling Wave [3]
Rose in the Heather [3,7]
Saddle the Pony [9]
Scatter the Mud [7,9]
Shandon Bells [2]
Shaskeen (aka Josie’s Visit) [2]
Ship in Full Sail [7]
Sliabh Russell [3]
Strayaway Child
Strike the Gay Harp [3]
Swallowtail Jig [3]
Tatter Jack Walsh [3,4]
Tobin’s Favorite [3,6]
Trip to Athlone [2,7]
Tripping up the Stairs [9]
Whelan’s Fancy [2,9]

Hornpipes

An Comhra na dTonn (aka An Comhra Donn, The Brown Coffin) [3]
Bantry Bay [3]
Blackbird [3]
Boys of Ballycastle [3]
Boys of Bluehill [1,3,9]
Breen’s
Caisleán Na nÓir
Chief O’Neill’s Favorite [3,4]
Dillane’s [3]
Dunphy’s Hornpipe [7]
Flynn’s [3]
Hangman’s Rope
Harvest Home [1,7,9]
Hills of Coore
Home Ruler [3,9]
Humours of Tullycrine
Kitty’s Wedding [3,9]
McGivney’s [3,4]
Mulvihill’s
Murphy’s [1,3]
Off to California [1,3,9]
Plains of Boyle [7,9]
Pol Ha’penny [2]
Pound Hill
Rights of Man [1,3,4,7,9]
Sean O’Duibhir A Gleanna (aka Humours of Ballyconnell)
Stack of Barley [2,7]
Taylor’s (aka Rover Through the Bog) [3]
With Her Long Golden Hair Hanging Down Her Back

Slip Jigs

An Phis Fhliuch [3]
Barney Brallighan’s [1]
Butterfly [1,3,9]
Dusty Miller
Foxhunters’ [9]
Humours of Whiskey [2]
Kid on the Mountain [3,9]
Rocky Road to Dublin

Slides

Brosna #1 (aka Trip to the Jacks) [3]
Brosna #2 (aka Scartaglen, Donal O’Connor’s) [3]
Dan O’Keefe’s [3]
Dinny Delaney’s (aka Old Hag in the Kiln) [9]
Denis Murphy’s [3,9]
Dingle Regatta [9]
Eileen O’Riordan’s [3]
Kathleen Hehir’s [9]
Lucy Farr’s #1 (aka The Shoemaker)
Lucy Farr’s #2 (aka Music on the Wind)
Merrily Kiss the Quaker’s Wife [9]
Palm Sunday [3]
Patsy Geary’s [3]
Road to Lisdoonvarna [1]
Star Above the Garter [3]

Polkas

Ballydesmond Polka #1 [1,3,9]
Ballydesmond Polka #2 [1,3,9]
Ballydesmond #3 (aka Andy Boyle’s) [3,9]
Ballyvourney (Baile Mhuirne) [3]
Barren Rocks of Aden [3]
Bill Sullivan’s Polka [1,3]
Bridgie Con Matt’s [3]
Britches Full of Stitches [1,3]
Charlie Harris’s [9]
Dailey‘s [1]
Egan’s Polka [1]
Maggie in the Woods [9]
O’Callaghan’s [3]
Pat Enrights’s Polka [1]
Spanish Lady [9]
Waves of Tory [3]

Set Dances

Ace and Deuce of Pipering
Blackbird [7]
Drunken Gauger
Fall of Dunboy
First of May
Galtee Hunt
Job of the Journeywork
King of the Fairies [3]
Rodney’s Glory
Sean O’Duibhir A Gleanna

Flings

Mary Brennan’s Favorite
Fowler on the Moor
Lucy’s Fling

Schottisches

Michael Kennedy’s
Some Say the Devil is Dead (aka Johnny Will You Marry Me)

Carolan Tunes

Loftus Jones [1,3]
Carolan’s Concerto [3]
Carolan’s Draught [3]
Clergy’s Lamentation [3]
Planxty Hewlett [3]
Princess Royal [3]
Morgan Magan (aka Morgan MacGann) [3]

Airs

Island of Woods [3]
Miss Hamilton [3]

Waltzes

Gentle Maiden [1]
Diamond [6,8]
Josefin’s Waltz [3]
Lucky Day [8]