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The Connemara Set

Also known as: The Connemara Reel Set.

First sides is on the right.

4 Figures

Figure No Bars Figure name Style Avg time
1 160 None Reel 02:41
2 192 None Reel 03:11
3 184 None Reel 03:04
4 96 None Polka 01:27

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 10:23.

13 Recordings

Type Artist Title Track # Last Updated
CD Abbey Ceili Band Beal a' Ghleanna 7
CD Brian Boru Ceili Band House Around 12
CD Deenagh Ceili Band Around The House 13
CD Glenside Ceili Band Set Dance Music From Glen 11
CD Heather Breeze Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening 4
CD Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra 19
CD Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 6
CD Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 1 7
Tape PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 1
CD Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 13
CD Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 15
CD Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 13
CD Triskell Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois 1

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name Figure No Artist Title Track
Figure 1 - 160 bars of Reels.
Moycullen 1 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 1 1
2 2
Clare Lancers 1 18
Augusta Water 3 Volume 2 26
Clare Lancers 1 Beltaine Irish Traditional Dance Music 7
Moycullen 1 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 5
2 6
Clare Lancers 1 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 11
1 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 16
Inis Oirr 2 Heather Breeze Music In The Glen 11
3 12
Clare Lancers 1 Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 1
Clare Plain (Reel) 5 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 03 5
Paris 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 1
5 5
Labasheeda 6 16
Aran 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 05 1
Clare Lancers 1 9
Black Valley Square Jig 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 18
Doire Cholm Cille 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 17
Inis Oirr 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 8
3 9
Moycullen 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 18 4
2 5
Lough Neagh 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 4
Port Fairy 3 27
Clare Lancers 1 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 7
1 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 1
Caledonian 6 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 6
Clare Lancers 1 Play the Keys 10
Aran 1 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 10
Moycullen 1 Rise The Dust All Set 1
2 2
Aran 1 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 12
Clare Lancers 1 Music For Sets volume 3 7
1 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 17
1 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 1
Paris 1 Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2 13
1 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3 1
Clare Lancers 1 Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4 1
Black Valley Square Jig 5 Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 5
Clare Lancers 1 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 13
Figure 2 - 192 bars of Reels.
Caledonian 5 Abbey Ceili Band Bruach an t'Sulain 16
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 Beal a' Ghleanna 21
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 Plain (Reel) 6 12
Clare Lancers 2 Beltaine Irish Traditional Dance Music 8
4 10
5 11
Caledonian 3 Brian Boru Ceili Band House Around 3
5 5
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
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 Gleann an Iolair Ceili Band The Derry Boat 6
Claddagh 1 Heather Breeze 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
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
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 03 6
Labasheeda 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 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
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 16
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
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 18
Claddagh 1 Play the Keys 1
Sliabh Fraoch 4 8
Clare Lancers 2 11
4 13
5 14
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 24
Caledonian 3 Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 3
5 5
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 12
6 Rise The Dust All Set 22
Merchant 2 Give it a Lift 2
Claddagh 1 14
Caledonian 3 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 3
5 5
Clare Lancers 2 Music For Sets volume 3 8
4 10
5 11
Clare Plain (Reel) 6 Music For Sets volume 4 6
Clare Lancers 2 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 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 Plain (Reel) 6 Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2 6
6 The Coast Ceili Band Set Dancing Downunder 21
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
Clare Lancers 2 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 14
4 16
5 17
Figure 3 - 184 bars of Reels.
Claddagh 2 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 5
Boyne 1 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 1
Fermanagh Quadrilles 3 Ceili Time Irish Set Dancing Fun 7
Claddagh 2 Heather Breeze Music In The Glen 2
Louisburgh 3 16
Mazurka 6 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 02 6
6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 07 24
Durrow Threshing 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 1
Fermanagh Quadrilles 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 10 18
4 19
Ballycroy 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 13
Claddagh 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 14 2
Boyne 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 1
Mazurka 6 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 6
Claddagh 2 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Play the Keys 2
Mazurka 6 PJ Hernon Buail Cois Air 18
Claddagh 2 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 15
Mazurka 6 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 1 12
Set of Erin 4 Various Artists The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets 22
Figure 4 - 96 bars of Polkas.
Balleyvourney Reel 2 Donncha Lynch Ceili Band Set Dances of Cork and Kerry 8
3 9
5 11
Ballycommon 4 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 21
Valentia Right and Left 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 10 6
2 7
5 10
Glencree 6 26
Rosscahill 3 29
Kilfenora Plain 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 1
Limerick Tumblers 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 15
Balleyvourney Reel 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 18 19
3 20
5 22
Moate 4 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 21
Caledonian 2 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 2
Balleyvourney Reel 2 Various Artists The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets 14
3 15
5 17

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Instructions

Author Title Ref Last Updated
Pat Murphy Toss The Feathers p96
Arthur Kingsland Newcastle Irish Set Dancers - Dance Notes http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/instructions/Connemara-Reel-Set.html
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor Crooked River Set Dancers http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/connemara%20reel.htm
Joe O'Hara Irish Set Dancing - List of Set Dances 1 http://setdanceteacher.ie/CONNR.HTM
Michael and Susan Harrison DanceMinder http://www.danceminder.com/dance/show/connre
Nora Stewart and Martin Largey Easy Set Dancing http://www.setdancing.com.au/content/THE%20CONNEMARA%20REEL%20SET.pdf
Paul D. McGuigan Paul McGuigan's List of Sets http://pauls-projects.com/11d.html

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