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The Clare Plain (Reel) Set

From county Clare. First sides is on the left.

6 Figures

Figure No Bars Figure name Style Avg time
1 112 None Reel 01:56
2 128 None Reel 02:12
3 176 None Reel 03:05
4 256 None Reel 04:04
5 160 None Jig 02:27
6 192 None Reel 03:16

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 17:00.

15 Recordings

Type Artist Title Track # Last Updated
CD Abbey Ceili Band Beal a' Ghleanna 16
CD Barefield Ceili Band Between The Sets 7
CD Deenagh Ceili Band Around The House 1
CD Gleann an Iolair Ceili Band The Derry Boat 1
CD Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 12
CD Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 03 1
CD McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 21
CD Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 1 11
CD Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 13
Tape PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 19
CD Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 7
CD Rise The Dust All Set 17
CD Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 4 1
CD Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2 1
CD The Coast Ceili Band Set Dancing Downunder 16

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name Figure No Artist Title Track
Figure 1 - 112 bars of Reels.
Corofin Plain 1 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 1
Kilfenora Plain 2 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 6
2 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 7
5 10
Fermanagh 4 15
Corofin Plain 1 Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 1
Williamstown 2 Heather Breeze Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening 16
Louisburgh 2 Music In The Glen 15
Corofin Plain 1 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 1
Williamstown 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 2
Kildownet Half 1 24
Borlin Jenny 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 12 5
6 6
Corofin Plain 1 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Eile Air 6
South Galway Reel 5 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 11
Corofin Plain 1 Music For Sets volume 2 1
1 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 1
1 Various Artists The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets 1
Figure 2 - 128 bars of Reels.
Merchant 1 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 8
3 10
Caledonian 1 Barefield Ceili Band Between The Sets 1
1 Brian Boru Ceili Band House Around 1
Fermanagh 3 Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band Sets Workshop 17
Cuchulainn 4 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 4
Monaghan 2 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 2
Fermanagh 3 14
Caledonian 1 Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra 7
Clare Lancers 5 Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 5
Caledonian 1 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 01 17
Labasheeda 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 11
3 12
Fermanagh 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 9
Williamstown 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 4
Doire Cholm Cille 1 16
Kildownet Half 4 27
Caledonian 1 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 1 1
Labasheeda 2 Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 13
3 14
Caledonian 1 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 1
1 Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 1
Merchant 1 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 1
3 3
Shannon Gaels 2 Salamanca Ceili Band Swing 6
Caledonian 1 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 1
Fermanagh 3 Music For Sets volume 4 9
Labasheeda 2 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 13
3 14
Caledonian 1 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 6
Fermanagh 3 Triskell Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois 13
Figure 3 - 176 bars of Reels.
Kilfenora Plain 3 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 14
Corofin Plain 3 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 3
Blacktown 4 Irish Set Dancing Fun 17
Kilfenora Plain 3 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 7
3 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 8
Corofin Plain 3 Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 3
Kilfenora Plain 3 Heather Breeze Music In The Glen 19
Labasheeda 5 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 14
Corofin Plain 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 3
Killyon 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 14
Kilfenora Plain 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 3
Loughgraney 6 19
Blacktown 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 8
Kilfenora Plain 3 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 21
Pipers Cross Ceili Band The Queen Of Mayo 9
13
Corofin Plain 3 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Eile Air 8
Kilfenora Plain 3 Rise The Dust All Set 7
Corofin Plain 3 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 2 3
3 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 3
3 Various Artists The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets 3
Figure 4 - 256 bars of Reels.
Meelin Victoria 5 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 24
Figure 5 - 160 bars of Jigs.
Kilfenora Plain 6 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 11
Black Valley Square Jig 5 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 18
Caragh Lake Jig 7 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 17
Newmarket Meserts 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 19
4 20
Clare Lancers 1 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 7
Pipers Cross Ceili Band The Queen Of Mayo 12
Clare Lancers 1 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 3 7
Newmarket Meserts 3 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2 3
4 4
6 6
Figure 6 - 192 bars of Reels.
Caledonian 5 Abbey Ceili Band Bruach an t'Sulain 16
Connemara 2 Beal a' Ghleanna 8
Clare Lancers 2 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 1 19
4 21
5 22
Claddagh 1 Volume 2 4
Merchant 2 9
Caledonian 3 Barefield Ceili Band Between The Sets 3
5 5
Clare Lancers 2 Beltaine Irish Traditional Dance Music 8
4 10
5 11
Caledonian 3 Brian Boru Ceili Band House Around 3
5 5
Connemara 2 13
Clare Lancers 2 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 12
4 14
5 15
Sliabh Fraoch 4 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 14
Clare Lancers 2 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 17
4 19
5 20
Connemara 2 Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 12
2 Heather Breeze Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening 5
Claddagh 1 Music In The Glen 1
Caledonian 3 Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra 9
5 11
Connemara 2 20
Clare Lancers 2 Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 2
4 4
Caledonian 3 7
5 9
3 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 01 19
5 21
Connemara 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 7
Labasheeda 1 10
4 13
Clare Lancers 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 05 10
4 12
5 13
Derrada 1 14
Claddagh 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 14 1
Flight of The Earls 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 5
Sliabh Fraoch 4 11
Ballykeale 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 21 5
Clare Lancers 2 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 8
4 10
5 11
Caledonian 3 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 1 3
5 5
Connemara 2 8
Clare Lancers 2 Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 2
4 4
5 5
Labasheeda 1 12
4 15
Caledonian 3 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 3
5 5
Claddagh 1 Play the Keys 1
Sliabh Fraoch 4 8
Clare Lancers 2 11
4 13
5 14
Connemara 2 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 2
Caledonian 3 Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 3
5 5
Connemara 2 14
Merchant 2 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 2
Claddagh 1 14
Clare Lancers 2 Salamanca Ceili Band Swing 10
4 12
5 13
Caledonian 3 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 3
5 5
Connemara 2 16
Clare Lancers 2 Music For Sets volume 3 8
4 10
5 11
Connemara 2 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 14
Clare Lancers 2 18
4 20
5 21
2 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 2
4 4
5 5
Labasheeda 1 12
4 15
Clare Lancers 2 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4 2
4 4
5 5
Caledonian 3 Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 8
5 10
Connemara 2 Triskell Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois 2
Clare Lancers 2 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 14
4 16
5 17

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Instructions

Author Title Ref Last Updated
Pat Murphy Toss The Feathers p183
Arthur Kingsland Newcastle Irish Set Dancers - Dance Notes https://celticeclectic.great-site.net/ISD/Instructions/Plain-Set.html
Brooks Academy Set Dance notes from the Brooks Academy https://setdance.com/set-dances/plain-set
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor Crooked River Set Dancers https://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/plain%20reel.htm
Joe O'Hara Irish Set Dancing - List of Set Dances 1 https://setdanceteacher.ie/CLAREP.HTM
Michael and Susan Harrison DanceMinder https://www.danceminder.com/dance/show/clarpl
Neumarkt Irish Set Dancers Neumarkt Set Instructions https://setdance.me/clare-plain-reel/
Paul D. McGuigan Paul McGuigan's List of Sets https://pauls-projects.com/2d.html

Videos

Channel Figure URL
Michael Harrison 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNoM0oNJ0c&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=1&pp=iAQB8AUB0gcJCQYLAYcqIYzv
2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DN_kIUtUio&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=2&pp=iAQB8AUB
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKzund8tmyw&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=3&pp=iAQB8AUB
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zKyiyT8-VE&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=4&pp=iAQB8AUB
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7g79-YtAM&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=5&pp=iAQB8AUB
6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMl3qVciqKM&list=PLmJGagVAHqqYefZh6Qf9qFj4k7gcHMoy7&index=6&pp=iAQB8AUB
Mike Didkovsky 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZivXUDOgVvY&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=1&pp=iAQB
2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peaxTejFyYY&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=2&pp=iAQB
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4PAYb0wBT0&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=3&pp=iAQB
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YI_hDVjdjk&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=4&pp=iAQB0gcJCQQLAYcqIYzv
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCyHraVhTMM&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=5&pp=iAQB
6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5auMrWPHCxc&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v-u6TTeBRpQGwpakREYA2HM&index=6&pp=iAQB

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