Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for Blackwater by Altan

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Artist NameAltan
Album TitleBlackwater
MusiciansMairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki, guitar-bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals), with guest musicians as noted.
Source and
other information		Virgin 7243 8 41381 2 7, 1996. Recorded in Dublin. Includes printed lyrics and translations into English for all songs except Ar Bhruach na Carraige Báine (track 9).

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Every Irish tune on this album was identified by carefully comparing this recorded performance with all other tunes in the Irish Traditional Music Tune Index—by comparing musically, disregarding tune titles. The track and tune numbers below, furthermore, correspond to what you actually hear on this album. This page is thus more reliable than the original album notes, track titles listed by iTunes/Media Player, or other Web sites, all of which usually suffer from errors.

TrackTuneTune ID#RhythmTitles used for this tune (and other notes)
11 Tune Info
987		 JigD Johnny Boyle's (or in G)
2 Tune Info
1044		 JigD King of the Pipers, The / Rí na bPíobairí (2nd in set Lark on the Strand on DD HR; 1st in set The Bucks of Oranmore on SGMM) (also in E)
21 Tune Info
466		 Reel Dark-Haired Lass / The Dark Haired Lass / The Black-Haired Lass / The Blackhaired Lass / The Black Haired Lass / The Dark Haired Girl / Cailín na Gruaige Duibhe / An Cailín Donn / The Dark Gate Girl / The Smoky House (in track Don Niperi Septo on SE 4; 5th in set Away We Go Again on Ch 7) (also doubled, also in A Dorian)
2 Tune Info
145		 Reel Biddy from Muckross / Biddy from Mucross / Bideach Mhucrois / The Man from Dublin
3 Tune Info
1741		 Reel Sean Maguire's / The Gatehouse Maid (compare 1st part with 1st part of Nine Pint Coggie #3625)
31 Tune Info
1840		 Song Stór, a stór, a ghrá
41 Tune Info
1995		 Strath [untitled] Strathspey
2 Tune Info
369		 Reel Con McGinley's / Con McGinleys
3 Tune Info
1415		 Reel Newfoundland, The
51 Tune Info
1870		 Song Tá mé 'mo Shuí / Tá Mé 'mo Shuí
61 Tune Info
706		 Hpipe An Gasúr Mór
2 Tune Info
248		 Reel Bunker Hill / Bunkers' Hill / Bunkers Hill / Bunker's Hill (also in B, also singled, also without 3rd part)
3 Tune Info
524		 Reel Dogs among the Bushes, The / Na Madraí sna Sceacha / Birds in the Bushes / The Piper's Lass (also singled, also in E) (compare Scots tunes Athole Brose #2700 and Buckingham House)
71 Tune Info
1332		 Song Molly na gCuach ní Chuilleanáin / The Curly Molly Nee Chull-in-an (compare Caitlín Óg #2769)
81 Tune Info
610		 Reel Farewell to Leitrim / Lawson's Favorite / Molloy's Favourite / Reidy Johnson's (2nd in set Donovan's Reel on WW 1; mislabeled as Jenny Picking Cockles on A B) (also doubled)
2 Tune Info
924		 Reel Jenny Picking Cockles / Jenny's Picking Cockles / The Old Slipper Shoe / An tSeanbhróigín Bhog / Johnnie Seán the Rake (1st in set Lucy Campbell on JnKlly; mislabeled as Farewell to Leitrim on A B; mislabeled as The Woods of Old Limerick on MRaf) (also in G) (compare with 1st 2 parts of Jenny's Welcome to Charlie #929 and compare The Long Note #3080)
3 Tune Info
970		 Reel Sporting Paddy / Pádaí Spórtmhar / John Doherty's (compare #1814)
91 Tune Info
3397		 Song Ar Bruach na Carraige Báine [At the Brink of the White Rocks] (unusual version of #231)
101 Tune Info
451		 Hpipe Dance of the Honeybees, The / The Dance of the Honey Bees (composed by Charlie Lennon)
111 Tune Info
173		 Song Blackwaterside
121 Tune Info
1979		 Piece A Tune for Frankie (composed by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh)
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