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The Knocknashee Set

From county Sligo. First sides is on the left.

5 Figures

Figure No Bars Figure name Style Avg time
1 176 Corner Star Reel 03:00
2 128 Diagonals and Stars Reel 02:09
3 208 Corner swing and lines of four Reel 03:23
4 176 Half chain and lead home Reel 03:00
5 160 Stars, Diamonds and Sevens Hornpipe 03:28

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 15:00.

Notes

Knocknashee is by Pat Murphy, which was first presented in early 2025 during the Nenagh Set Dancing weekend held in January 2026.

Knocknashee is the name of a historic mountain plateau in the Ox Mountains near Sligo. According to Wikipedia, the name of the plateau itself comes from Irish and means something like “fairy hill”. It lies approximately 7 km north of Tubbercurry, the town that hosts the South Sligo Summer School every year during the second week of July.

Thanks to Marian Mihelic for the notes for this set.

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Instructions

Author Title Ref Last Updated
Neumarkt Irish Set Dancers Neumarkt Set Instructions https://setdance.me/knocknashee-set/

Videos

Channel Figure URL
Pat Murphy 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXX9wREwkA
2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqBUPbkRFNA
3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnENaIK89Wg
4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0W7QGg33Mc
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH82DDfsUW8

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