Core Tunes List
Each year, we put out a list of a handful of “core tunes”. These tunes are not mandatory to learn, and if you already know them, all the better! Your instructors may play through the tunes with you, and show you what kind of things they do with the tune. If you don’t already play these tunes, learning them will help give us some commonality for sessions at the camp and in sessions all around the world!
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2024 Core Tunes
Reels
Cregg's Pipes (Gregg's Pipes)
The Cameronian
The Skylark
Roaring Mary
Single Reels
Humours of Tulla
The Milkmaid (Tommy Peoples')
Jigs
Hardiman's Fancy
The Battering Ram
The Cook in the Kitchen
Slip Jigs
The Arragh Mountains
The Fairy Jig (slip jig)
Hornpipes
The Few Bob
Marches
Centenary March
2023 Core Tunes
Reels
Within A Mile Of Dublin
Throw Away The Keys (Gorman's)
Edenderry Reel
Jigs
New York Jig
Killavil
The Frog In The Well
Slip Jigs
My Mind Will Never Be Easy
James Murray's
Hornpipes
The Little Stack of Rye
Fitzgerald's Hornpipe
2022 Core Tunes
Reels
Raveled Hank of Yarn
Banks of the Ilen
Scartaglen
Banks/Scartaglen (Set)
Jigs
Fair Haired Boy
Geese in the Bog
Slip Jigs
Blast of Wind (Drops Of Spring Water)
Hornpipes
Cuckoo's Nest
Polkas
Ballydesmond #1
Ballydesmond #2
Ballydesmond #4
2019 Core Tunes
Reels
Jim Donoghue's
Bird in the Bush
Queen of May
Jigs
Morning Lark
Whelan's Old Sow
The Cordal
Slip Jigs
Humours of Whiskey
The Bridal
Redican's Mother
Hornpipes
First Light of Day (Bonaparte Crossing The Rhein)
2018 Core Tunes
Reels
The Sally Gardens
The Abbey Reel
Jigs
Swans Among The Rushes
Condon's Favourite
Rolling Waves - The Lonesome Jig
Rolling Waves - Humours Of Trim
Slip Jigs
The Boys Of Ballysadare
The Dusty Miller
Hornpipe
The Smell Of The Bog
Waltz
Far Away
2017 Core Tunes
Reels
Many's The Thing I Saw / Donald Blue
Man of the House
Jigs
The Kilavil
The Hag With The Money
Anthony Frawley's
Polkas
The Taur Polka
Top Of Maol
Waltzes
South Wind
Westering Home
2014 Core Tunes
Slip Jigs
Hardiman The Fiddler
Dever The Dancer
Humours of Derrycrossane
Jigs
Banks of Loch Gowna
2013 Core Tunes
Reels
The Torn Jacket
The Old Copperplate
The New Copperplate
Jigs
Hag At The Churn
The Haunted House
Slip Jigs
A Fig For a Kiss
Hornpipes
The Little Stack of Wheat
2012 Core Tunes
Reels
Blackthorn Stick
The Drunken Landlady
Jigs
Tripping Up The Stairs
Kitty's Rambles
Hornpipes
The Home Ruler
The Taylor's Twist