About the Project
The Department of Music, University College Cork, is delighted to host this exciting initiative by one of the great masters of Irish traditional music, the fiddle player Connie O’Connell. Connie’s teaching has been at the heart of traditional music studies at University College Cork for nearly forty years and his profile as one of Ireland’s leading fiddle players has brought great honour to the University throughout that time.
Here, Connie shares a collection of over sixty recently composed jigs, reels, hornpipes, slides and polkas, and a few of his older compositions which have become popular. We hope the collection will become a valuable source of new traditional music for musicians and scholars, and that the tunes will give pleasure to many players and listeners for years to come. You can view the tunes here.
The project is generously supported by the Arts Council of Ireland (Traditional Arts).
The Tunes
Old Butter Road
ReelScoraíochtar
JigThe Mountplummers are Coming
ReelAn Lámh
FlingThe First Swallow
ReelCon Lynch’s Bridge
HornpipeBlack Gate
ReelCurlews in the Bog
ReelWelcome Home
PolkaMoonshiners
JigThe Forge
ReelFire on Cleanrath
ReelFear na Lúibíní
HornpipeMountain Stream
ReelHappy Days
ReelFlowers in May
JigRobin at the Door
ReelReturn of Youth
PolkaSilvergrove
ReelBride & Groom
ReelHuckster
HornpipeMan from the Island
PolkaAn Leac Bheag
ReelThe Gearagh
ReelThe Choir Master
PolkaWinter Solstice
ReelMouth of the Glen
ReelNew House
JigBen’s Birthday
SlideArd a Bhóna
ReelThe Reaper
JigLaneway to the Bog
HornpipeRoad to Mons
JigForgotten Fling
FlingMountain Ash
ReelAn Gallán
JigDeer in the Meadow
ReelToon Valley
JigHead for the Hills
SlideThrush in the Bush
ReelThe Rebel
JigNew Year’s Dawn
ReelRookery’s Visit
JigSeán Mór’s
SlideTorn Jacket
ReelHill of Saturn
HornpipePáirc an Táilliúra
ReelEdge of the Forest
JigThe Flax Pond
Slip JigPort in the Morning
ReelFarewell to the Corncrake
JigSkipping in the Lane
HighlandBlooming Blackthorn
ReelAshgrove Gate
JigBrother Browne’s
ReelPenny Farthing
HornpipeMolly’s Cross
PolkaBack Road to the Mills
JigThe Sullane
SlideCathair Daithí
ReelDaisy Field
SlideHigh Nellie
PolkaMeitheal
ReelBóithrín na Smaointe
JigMouse in the House
SlideThe Way of the Hill Brow
Slip JigBanks of the Toon
ReelHigh Road to Macroom
JigA Stór Mo Chroí
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