This section contains a selection of Ceili Dance Tunes arranged in sets as played by the Clonmany Ceili Band. The Clonmany Ceili Band was formed in 1956. The leader of the band was the late Seamus Grant, fiddle player. Seamus arranged the tunes for the dances and favoured Single Reels for the Long Dances in 4/4 time. Below you will find some of the more popular dance tunes from the Inishowen Peninsula. Click Here to read more and listen to recordings of Seamus and the Clonmany Ceili Band
Ceili Dance | Tune | Tune Title | Type | See Details |
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Eight Hand Jig | 1 | Mucking of Geordie's Byre | Double Jig | Eight Hand Jig |
Eight Hand Jig | 2 | Jean Ireland | Double Jig | |
Eight Hand Jig | 3 | Jackson's Morning Brush | Double Jig | |
Eight Hand Reel | 1 | Petronella | Single Reel | Eight Hand Reel |
Eight Hand Reel | 2 | Gan Ainm | Single Reel | |
Eight Hand Reel | 3 | My Love is but a Lassie | Single Reel | |
Fairy Reel | 1 | Fairy Reel | Reel | Fairy Reel |
Gates of Derry | 1 | Gates of Derry | Double Jig | Gates of Derry |
Haymakers Jig | 1 | Biddy the Bold Wife | Double Jig | Haymakers Jig |
Haymakers Jig | 2 | Tell Her I Am | Double Jig | |
Haymakers Jig | 3 | Paddy in London | Double Jig | |
Haymakers Jig | 4 | Scotsman Over the Border | Double Jig | |
Haymakers Jig | 5 | Hartigans Fancy | Double Jig | |
High Cauled Cap | 1 | Farewell to Whiskey | Single Reel | High Cauled Cap |
High Cauled Cap | 2 | The White Cockade | Single Reel | |
High Cauled Cap | 3 | The Girl I Left Behind | Single Reel | |
High Cauled Cap | 4 | The Boys of County Westmeath | Single Reel | |
High Cauled Cap | 5 | The Road to Lisdoonvarna | Single Reel | |
High Cauled Cap | 6 | Jean Kirkpatricks Fancy | Single Reel | |
Humours of Bandon | 1 | Humours of Bandon | Double Jig | Humours of Bandon |
Morris Reel | 1 | Dashing White Sergeant | Single Reel | Morris Reel |
Morris Reel | 2 | The Bottom of the Punchbowl | Single Reel | |
Morris Reel | 3 | La Ruse | Single Reel | |
Morris Reel | 4 | The West End | Single Reel | |
Siege of Carrick | 1 | Haste to the Wedding | Double Jig | Siege of Carrick |
Siege of Ennis | 1 | The Geese in the Bog | Double Jig | Siege of Ennis |
Siege of Ennis | 2 | Rakes of Kildare | Double Jig | |
Siege of Ennis | 3 | Biddy from Sligo | Double Jig | |
Siege of Ennis | 4 | Smash the Windows | Double Jig | |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 1 | Gan Ainm | Single Reel | Sixteen Hand Reel |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 2 | Gan Ainm | Single Reel | |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 3 | Duke of Perth | Single Reel | |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 4 | Corn Reeks | Single Reel | |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 5 | Statten Island | Single Reel | |
Sixteen Hand Reel | 6 | Birkhall | Single Reel | |
The Three Tunes | 1 | Haste to the Wedding | Double Jig | Three Tunes |
The Three Tunes | 2 | Leslie's Hornpipe | Hornpipe | |
The Three Tunes | 3 | German Beau | Single Reel | |
Trip to the Cottage | 1 | Trip to the Cottage | Double Jig | Trip to the Cottage |
Walls of Limerick | 1 | The Rose Tree | Single Reel | Walls of Limerick |
Walls of Limerick | 2 | Rattling Bog | Single Reel |
Click Here to read more and listen to recordings of Seamus and the Clonmany Ceili Band