"Top 40" Irish Tunes
Summary
These are the top 40 tunes of all time. The
first 20 are totally killer. Except for the waltzes, these tunes are all played
with strong rhythmic emphasis.

by Eric Armstrong
These are the top 20 kick-butt tunes of all time. Definitive recordings are
listed, as well.
- Calliope House
- Congress Reel
- Dick Gossip's Reel
(Castle Reel)
- Banish Misfortune
- Cooley's Reel
- Drowsy Maggie
- Flogging Reel
- Gravel Walk
- Jenny's Chickens
- Julia Delaney
- Mountain Road
- Musical Priest
- Temperance Reel
(Teetotaler's Reel)
- Rights of Man
- Smash the Windows
(Roaring Jelly)
- Sweeney's Buttermilk
- Tam Lin Reel
(Tamlinn, Howling Wind)
- Tommy Peoples
- Toss the Feathers
- Trim the Velvet
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- Michael O'Domhnail ("Mih-hail O'Donnel"): Celtic Christmas IV.
- Steel Eye Span: Time. Gaelic Storm: Gaelic Storm.
- Altan: Best of.
- The Corrs: Forgiven, Not Forgotten.
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Here are another 15 that totally rock.
- Apples in Winter
- Banshee (McMahon's)
- Chicago Jig (Dusty Windowsill)
- Cup of Tea
- Eavesdropper
- Eibhlin Ni Riordan's ("eileen")
- Emyvale [Altan: Best of]
- Gallagher's Frolics (Follies)
- Heaton Chapel [Lunasa: Otherworld.]
- Kid on the Mountain
- Martin Wynne's #2
- Morning Dew
- Morrison's Jig
- Mug of Brown Ale (Clare Jig)
- Trip to the Cottage
Here are three more strong, popular session tunes.
- Kesh Jig
- St. Anne's Reel
- Wind that Shakes the Barley
And to round out the list, 2 wonderful waltzes:
- Innis Seer ("inn-is sheer")
- Si Bheag Si Mohr ("she bag shi more")
And, for a bonus:
- Dunsmore Lasses (aka Road to Knock)
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