About the TrailJams Irish & Celtic Set List
These are sets (medleys) of tunes that are sometimes played in the TrailJams Irish / Celtic sessions. They have either stood the test of time and remained favorites, we have recently started playing them, or we are about to give them a try. Sets marked with a star (⭐) are favorites, meaning we’ve played them many times. This list is revised as we add new favorites, remove old favorites, or make adjustments to individual sets.
Click a set’s name to go to its web page
For many of the sets in this list, there is a web page that has play-along tracks for practicing the set. Clicking on the set’s name (if it has a hyperlink) will take you to its web page.
Learn it with Soundslice in TrailJams Tune Camp
For many of the tunes listed here there is a Soundslice tutorial in TrailJams Tune Camp. The tutorials let you loop on any part of a tune, adjust the tempo, see dynamic sheet music and tablature, and more. TrailJams Tune Camp is a subscription resource, and your subscription supports the TrailJams project. Learn more about TrailJams Tune Camp and Soundslice. In the list below, Unlock to unlock the tutorial for a set of tunes. (You only need to do that once). If you’ve already unlocked the tutorial, just click Learn to jump to the tutorial.
Scroll down to see the “big list” of tune sets.
Ten Featured Tune Sets
These 10 sets are built around the most recent Tunes of the Week. Click a link to jump to a TrailJams web page with play-along tracks for practicing the tunes together in sequence. From there you can jump to pages for learning each tune in the set. (The newest set is at the bottom-right end of this list.)
More Tune Sets – The Big List
Reels
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- ⭐Banshee Reel Set: The Banshee (G) / Cooley’s (E Dor) / Maid behind the Bar (D)
- Congress Reel Set: Sheehan’s Reel (G) / The Congress (A Dorian) / The Reconciliation (A)
- Devanney’s Goat Reel Set: Devaney’s Goat (D) / Galway Rambler (G) / Swinging on a Gate (G)
- Dinky’s Rio Linton Set: Dinky’s Reel (A Mixolydian) / The Reel of Rio (G) / The High Road to Linton (A Mixolydian) Unlock Learn
- Dunmore Lasses Reel Set: Dunmore Lasses (Em) / The Earl’s Chair (D) / The High Reel (A Mixolydian)
- Dust & Gravel Set: Dusty Windowsills (Jig, A Dorian) / The Gravel Walks (Reel, A Dorian)
- Edinburgh Reel Set: The Flowers of Edinburgh (G) / Torn Jacket (D) / The Virginia Reel (D) Unlock Learn
- Far from Home Reel Set: Far from Home (G) / Silver Spear (D) / Star of Munster (A Dor)
- Farewell Reel Set: Farewell to Ireland (A Dorian) / Ships are Sailing (E Dorian)
- Fermoy Lasses Reel Set: The Galway Rambler (G) / The Fermoy Lasses (Em) / The Boys of Malin (A) Unlock Learn
- Jacket Reel Jig Set: The Peeler’s Jacket (G) / The Torn Jacket (D) / The Virginia Reel (D) Unlock Learn
- ⭐Julia Delaney’s Reel Set: Julia Delaney’s Reel (D Dorian) / Tam Lin (D Minor)
- Lady Ann’s Traveling Tea Set: Far From Home (G) / Lady Ann Montgomery (D) / The Cup of Tea (D)
- Lafferty’s Pigeon Reel Set: Pigeon on the Gate (E Dorian) / The Glen of Aherlow (Lafferty’s Reel) E Dorian
- Merry Blacksmith Reel Set: The Merry Blacksmith (D) / Drowsy Maggie (E Dorian) / The Wind that Shakes the Barley (D)
- Miss Monaghan Reel Set: Miss Monaghan (D) / Far From Home (G) / Saint Anne’s Reel (D, Irish) Unlock Learn
- Monaghan Maid Reel Set: The Monaghan Twig (A Mixolydian) / Rakish Paddy (D Mixolydian) / The Wise Maid (D) Unlock Learn
- Mountain Road Reel Set: The Sally Gardens (G) / The Mountain Road (D) / Miss McLeod’s Reel (G)
- Salamanca Reel Set: The Salamanca (D) / The Banshee (G) / The Sailor’s Bonnet (D)
- Scholar Reel Set: The Scholar (D) / Dick Gossip/s Reel (D)
- Sergeant Early’s Reel Set: Sergeant Early’s Dream (D Dorian) / The Maids of Mitchelstown (D Dorian) / Julia Delaney’s (D Dorian)
- Ships & Copperplate Reel Set: Ships are Sailing (E Dorian) / The Longford Collector (G) / The Old Copperplate (A Dorian) Unlock Learn
- Ships are Sailing Reel Set: Ships are Sailing (E Dorian) / The Longford Collector (G) / Swinging on a Gate (G)
- Silver Chair Reel Set: The Silver Spear (D) / The Earl’s Chair (D) / The Musical Priest (Bm)
- Sligo Maid Reel Set: The Sligo Maid (A Dorian) / The Sally Gardens (G) / Swinging on a Gate (G) Unlock Learn
- Tarbolton Reel Set: The Tarbolton (E Dorian) / The Longford Collector (G) / The Sailor’s Bonnet (D)
- Teetotaller Reel Set: The Teetotaller (The Temperance Reel, G) / The Silver Spear (D) / Miss McLeod’s Reel (Hop High Ladies, G)
- Trip to Durrow Reel Set: The Trip to Durrow (D)
- Willafjord Reel Set: Spootiskerry (G) / Willafjord (D) / Sleep Soond Ida Mornin (A Dorian) Unlock Learn
- Wise Maid Reel Set: The Wise Maid (D) / The Old Copperplate (A Dorian) / The Sailor’s Bonnet (D)
Jigs
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- Ballyloughlin – Jimmy Ward Jig Set: The Humours of Ballyloughlin (D Mixolydian) / Jimmy Ward’s (G)
- Battering Ram Jig Set: I Buried My Wife and Danced on her Grave / The Battering Ram / The Connaughtman’s Rambles Unlock Learn
- Blarney Pilgrim Jig Set: The Blarney Pilgrim (D Mixolydian) / Jimmy Ward’s (G) / Gander in the Pratie Hole (D Mixolydian)
- Bog Mud & Blarney Jig Set: The Geese in the Bog (C) / Scatter the Mud (A Dorian) / The Blarney Pilgrim (D Mixolydian) Unlock Learn
- Dust & Gravel Set: Dusty Windowsills (Jig, A Dorian) / The Gravel Walks (Reel, A Dorian)
- Frolic and Tell Jig Set: Tell Her I Am (G) / Gallagher’s Frolics (E Dorian)
- Gallagher Jig Set: Gallagher’s Frolics (Em or E Dorian) / The Pipe on the Hob (3-Part; A Dorian) / The Hag at the Churn (D Mixolydian)
- Haste to the Wedding Jig Set: Haste to the Wedding (D) / Jerry’s Beaver Hat (D) / Larry O’Gaff’s (G)
- Highlander Jig Set: Jig of Slurs (D) / The Atholl Highlanders (A Mixolydian) Unlock Learn
- Leitrim Mountain Jig Set: The Humours of Ballyloughlin (D Mixolydian) / The Leitrim Fancy (E Dorian) / Mist Covered Mountain, The (A Dorian) Unlock Learn
- ⭐Lilting Banshee Jig Set: Lilting Banshee (A Dorian) / Cliffs of Moher (A Dorian)
- Lilting Jig Set: The Humours of Ennistymon (G) / Lilting Banshee (A Dorian) / Cliffs of Moher (A Dorian)
- ⭐Morrison’s Jig Set: Morrison’s Jig (E Dorian) / Kesh Jig (G) / Swallowtail Jig (E Dorian)
- Munster Buttermilk Jig Set: Munster Buttermilk (G) / The Mug of Brown Ale (A Dorian) / The Connaughtman’s Rambles (D)
- ⭐My Darling Asleep Jig Set: My Darling Asleep (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / The Moon and Seven Stars (D)
- Paddy’s Return Jig Set: Paddy’s Return (Kitty Lie Over, D) / The Rollicking Boys of Tandragee (Em) / Willie Coleman’s (G) Unlock Learn
- Pipe on the Hob Jig Set: The Pipe on the Hob (A Dorian) / The Hag at the Churn (D Mixolydian) / Banish Misfortune (D Mixolydian)
- Piper’s Lark Jig Set: Garrett Barry’s Jig (D Mixolydian) / The Lark in the Morning (D)
- Rambling Rogue Jig Set: The Rambling Pitchfork (D) / The Black Rogue (D) / The Blackthorn Stick (G) Unlock Learn
- Rollicking Petticoat Jig Set: The White Petticoat / Donnybrook Fair / The Rollicking Boys of Tandragee
- Scatter the Mud Jig Set: Scatter the Mud (A Dorian) / The Black Rogue (D) / Old Favorite (G)
- Tar & Buttermilk Jig Set: Tar Road to Sligo / Sliabh Russell / Munster Buttermilk Unlock Learn
- Up the Stairs Jig Set: My Darling Asleep (D) / Donnybrook Fair (G) / Tripping Up the Stairs (D) Unlock Learn
- Waves on the Ocean Jig Set: The Rolling Waves (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / Tobin’s Favorite (D)
Slides
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- Brosna Slide Set: The Brosna Slide (G) / O’Keefe’s Slide (A Dorian) / Denis Murphy’s Slide (D)
- ⭐Murphy’s Road Slide Set: The Road to Lisdoonvarna (E Dorian) / O’Keefe’s Slide (A Dorian) / Denis Murphy’s Slide (D)
- Quaker’s Water Slide Set: Merrily Kissed the Quaker (G) / Going to the Well for Water (D) / The Star above the Garter (G)
Slip Jigs & Hop Jigs
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- Derrycrossane Slip Jig Set: Fig for a Kiss / Humours of Derrycrossane / Humours of Whiskey
- ⭐Fig for a Kiss Slip Jig Set: A Fig for Kiss (E Dor) / The Boys of Ballisodare (G)
- Fig & Fox Slip Jig Set: A Fig for Kiss (E Dor) / The Foxhunter’s Jig (D)
- Hair B&B Hop Jig Set: Comb Your Hair and Curl It (E Dorian) / The Boys of Ballisodare (G) / The Butterfly (Em)
- Whiskey Mountain Slip Jig Set: Humours of Whiskey (Bm) / The Kid on the Mountain (Em)
Hornpipes
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- Barley & Bride Hornpipe Set: The Stack of Barley (G) / Kitty’s Wedding (D)
- Bluehill Rights Hornpipe Set: The Boys of Bluehill (D) / The Rights of Man (Em)
- Dunphy’s Plains Hornpipe Set: Dunphy’s Hornpipe (G) / The Plains of Boyle (D)
- Francis & Kitty’s Hornpipe Set: Chief O’Neill’s Favorite (D) / Kitty’s Wedding (D) Unlock Learn
- Ha’penny Hornpipe Set: Poll Ha’penny (A Mixolydian) / Tuamgraney Castle (A Dorian) / Kitty’s Wedding (D)
- ⭐Harvest Home Hornpipe Set: Harvest Home (D) / The Boys of Bluehill (D)
- Jacky Tar Hornpipe Set: Off to California (G) / Jacky Tar (Em)
- ⭐King of the Fairies Hornpipe Set: King of the Fairies (Em) / The Pride of Petravore (Em) Unlock Learn
- Peacock’s Feather Hornpipe Set: The Peacock’s Feather #1 (D Dorian) / The Peacock’s Feather #2 (D)
- Tailor’s Twist Hornpipe Set: The Plains of Boyle (D) / The Tailor’s Twist (D) Unlock Learn
- Tullycrine-Cronin’s Hornpipe Set: The Humours of Tullycrine (A Dorian) / Cronin’s Hornpipe (G) Unlock Learn
Polkas
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- ⭐Ballydesmond Polka Set: Ballydesmond Polka 0 (D Mixolydian) / Ballydesmond Polka 2 (A Dorian) / Ballydesmond Polka 1 (A Dorian) Unlock Learn
- Captain Bing Polka Set: Captain Bing (G) / Mairi’s Wedding (G) / Britches full of Stitches (G) / Britches full of Stitches (A)
- Little Britches Polka Set: Britches full of Stitches (G) / Britches full of Stitches (A) / John Ryan’s Polka (D)
- Little Diamond Polka Set: Little Diamond Polka (D) / Murroe Polka (G) / Maids of Ardagh (D) Unlock Learn
- Rakes & Rigger Polka Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / The Rakes of Mallow (G) / Ger the Rigger (A)
Marches
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- Rakes & Rigger Polka Set: The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / The Rakes of Mallow (G) / Ger the Rigger (A) — (The Girl I Left Behind Me is both a march and a polka.)
- Aughrim March Set: The Wren (Em) / The Battle of Aughrim (March, A Dorian) Unlock Learn
Mazurkas
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Mixed Sets
- Crested Hens Set: The Crested Hens / Mazurka Limousin
- Dust & Gravel Set: Dusty Windowsills (Jig, A Dorian) / The Gravel Walks (Reel, A Dorian) Unlock Learn
- Rigged Ship Set: Full Rigged Ship (Shetland jig, A minor) / New Rigged Ship (Shetland Reel, A Dorian) Unlock Learn