MeMyselfandI wrote:Oh goody! The Kid on the Mountain is here more than thrice! I love that tune. It sounds really nice on the viola by the way.
Anyway, The Kid on the Mountain and Farewell to Whalley Range are my favorites so far. McGoldrick and McSherry do a cool version of Farewell to Whalley Range in their album At First Light. I believe it's the second tune in a great set with Lady Lane/Farewell to Whalley Range/[some slide that I can't recall the name of right now].
As it turns out (took a bit of searching a couple months ago) Cathal McConnell's is one of those tunes that absolutely no-one can agree on the name. The most popular names so far are Ryan's, The Cock and the Hen (that's what I know it by), and, of course, Cathal McConnell's. TinWhistler on youtube does a decent rendition of that tune (I believe he calls it Ryan's). Mairead Nesbitt (from Celtic Woman) also does a very good version of it, paired with (apparently) the Atlantic Slope, which I have found nothing on so far, but I haven't searched about for that one much. I don't remember Lunasa doing it... It must have had to have been on their "Lunasa" album as that's the only one, other than Otherworld, that has McGoldrick in it as far as I know.
Cathal McConnell's is on the otherworld album. Played after "Sliabh Russell" . What does McGoldrick not being in the band anymore have to do with them playing this tune?
And yes, farewell to whalley range was written by McGoldrick. That's another one of the few I know.
.. and Chloe's Passion is one of the others I know :p . Now I'm being reminded of slip jigs that I forgot I knew !
Back to the first tune I just mentioned, I think Cock and the Hen is probably one of the older names for that tune.. only a guess though. If you do some reading you can see where the name came about. Filthy tune.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I look forward to hearing about more slip jigs. I'm very glad I posted this thread, as it's been very useful to me so far!