Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Album Details for 8 by The Chieftains

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Artist NameThe Chieftains
Album Title8
MusiciansPaddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Seán Keane (fiddle), Martin Fay (fiddle, bones), Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Derek Bell (harp, tiompán), Kevin Conneff (bodhrán).
Source and
other information		Columbia/Legacy CK 86019, 2002. Remaster of Claddagh CC 29 / CBS 35726, 1978. Notes by Alan Frame. Foreword to remaster by David McGee.

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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
292		 JigSl Elizabeth Kelly's Delight / Elizabeth Kelly's / Aoibhneas Éilís Ní Cheallaigh / Aoibhneas Eilís Ní Cheallaigh / Elizabeth Kelly's Favourite / Rogha Elizabeth Kelly / Catherine Kelly's (mistakenly labeled Unknown / Elizabeth Keane's Slip jig on JnKlly; 1st in set The Session on Ch 8; 1st in set Aoibhneas on Lu 3) (also in D)
1(0:45)2 Tune Info
670		 JigD Fraher's / Fraher's Jig / Port Uí Fhearchair / Frahers / Pat Burke's Jig (2nd in set The Session on Ch 8; 2nd in set Lark on the Strand on Drv 5) (also in A, also as single jig)
1(2:09)3 Tune Info
514		 SgJig Dinny Delaney's / Dinny Delaney / Dinney Delaney's / Denis Delaney's / The Old Hag in the Kiln / The Old Hag at the Kiln / The Hag in the Kiln / An Chailleach sa Tornóig (also as slide or double jig, both included here) (2nd in set Old Hag You Have Killed Me on BB 2)
21 Tune Info
3909		 Piece Doctor John Hart (composed by Turlough O'Carolan, arr. Derek Bell)
3(0:43)1 Tune Info
1750		 Reel Seán sa Cheo / Seán sa Chéo / Seán sa Céo / Sean sa Cheo / Sean sa Ceo / Sean sa Céo / Seán in the Fog / Sean in the Fog / John in the Fog / Seán is Sinéad / Jack and Jill / The Tullaghan Lassies / Lough Isle Castle (also in D or G; also with a 4th part) (compare 1st 2 parts with New Lough Isle Castle #1408) (composed by Neillidh Boyle?)
41 Tune Info
2304		 Hpipe Sean Bhean Bhocht / An tSean Bhean Bhocht / An tSeanbhean Bhocht / The Poor Old Woman
2 Tune Info
598		 Hpipe Fairies' Hornpipe, The / The Fairies' / Fairies' / The Fairies / The Fairy's Hornpipe / Fairy Hornpipe
5(1:25)1 Tune Info
2417		 JigD Rolling Wave, The / The Rolling Waves / The Humors of Trim / The Humours of Trim / Beattie's Frolics (in set Sea Image on Ch 8 as both slip jig and double jig) (also in F, also as slip jig)
5(2:50)2 Tune Info
3726		 Air Anach Cuain / Anach Cuan (in set Sea Image on Ch 8)
61 Tune Info
3910		 Polka [untitled in set:] If I Had Maggie in the Wood
2 Tune Info
2146		 Polka Maggie in the Wood / If I Had Maggie in the Wood / Maggie in the Woods / Maggie in the Corner / Nancy Wants Her Own Share / Séamaisín (2nd in set If I Had Maggie in the Wood on Ch 8; for 4th figure of Connemara Set on JRSLCB 2) (also in D or A) (compare [untitled] Polka in CITM, p. 280)
3 Tune Info
1952		 Polka Toormore #1 / The Tuar Mor #1 (1st in set The Tourmore Polkas on JOL 1; 1st in set The Tuar Mór Polkas in JOL; 2nd in track 6 The Toormore Polkas and 2nd in track 14 Toormore Polkas on CBnds) / The Tournmore / Wallace's Cross / The Maid in the Blue Bonnet / Tony Lowe's Polka / Newmarket #2 / The Gullane Polka (3rd in set If I Had Maggie in the Wood on Ch 8; 2nd in set Ballydesmond Polka on ESL 1; 1st in set Dave Hennesseys / Brendan Begley's Favourite on CrssCl; for 2nd figure of Borlin Valley Polka Set on MISD 6)
71 Tune Info
3911		 Air An Speic Seoigheach
81 Tune Info
2700		 Strath Athol Brose, The (compare Dogs among the Bushes #524) (composed by Red Rob McIntosh or Niel Gow?)
2 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)
91 Tune Info
3607		 Piece Miss Hamilton (also in G) (composed by Cornelius Lyons)
101 Tune Info
3912		 Air [untitled in set:] The Job of Journeywork
2 Tune Info
956		 SetD Job of Journeywork, The / The Job of Journey Work / Job o' Journeywork (mislabeled on PK 1 as Tarbolton, The Longford Collector) (compare Campbell's Reel #3424)
111 Tune Info
2077		 Reel Wind that Shakes the Barley, The / Wind that Shakes the Barley / An Ghaoth a Bhogann an Eorna / An Gaoth A Chroitheanna An Eorna / An Ghaoth a Chroitheann an Eorna / An Ghaoth a Bhogann / I Sat within the Valley Green / I Sat In The Valley Green / The Kerry Lasses / Rolling Down the Hill (also in G) (also as songs The Donavons; If I Were A Young Maid)
2 Tune Info
1665		 Reel Reel with the Beryl, The / The Reel with the Beryle / The Reel with the Birl in It / Reel with the Birl / The Reel with the Burl / The Lady's Bonnet / Craith na Cleiteacha / Toss the Feathers / Drowsy Maggie (also singled, also in A) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Toss the Feathers #1957 and with 1st part of Drowsy Maggie #545)
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