The two southern-most counties in Ireland, Cork and Kerry, have legendary music and dance traditions. On the border of these two counties, a rural area called Sliabh Luachra is especially well-known for its fiddle tunes and itinerant fiddle teachers. When speaking of this area's fiddle music, some describe a special lilt or backbeat, or they talk about the special role of set dances, but the most often-expressed quality relates to the frequent use of slides and polkas. This book features transcriptions of 107 tunes as played by three of the region's most distinguished fiddlers: Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, and Connie O'Connell. Each fiddler is profiled, followed by a collection of meticulously transcribed tunes and annotations. Includes access to online audio of 30 of these tunes played solo by Connie O'Connell.

Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry

Anything for John Joe
Apples in Winter
Art O'Keeffe's
As I Went Out Upon the Ice
Ballydesmond Polka (1)
Ballydesmond Polka (2)
Ballyvourney Polka
Banks of the Ilen
Bonnet Trimmed in Blue
Breeches Mary
Callaghan's
Callaghan's Hornpipe (1)
Callaghan's Hornpipe (2)
Campdown Races
Chase Me Charlie
Connie Walsh's Slide
Cronin's
Dan O'Keeffe's
Danny Ab's
Dawley's Delight
Denis Murphy's
Denis Murphy's Polka
East at Glendart
Fanning's
Father O'Flynn
Fritzgerald's
Gallagher's
George White's Favourite
Gleanntán Frolics (1)
Gleanntán Frolics (2)
Green Fields of Rossbeigh
Hare in the Corn
Humours of Ennistymon
I Will If I Can
I'd Rather Be Married Than Left
If I Had a Wife
Jack of All Trades
Jer the Rigger
Jim Kennedy's Favourite
Jim O'Keeffe's
Jimmy Doyle's Polka
John Quinn's (1)
John Quinn's (2)
Johnny Cope
Johnny Mickey's
Johnny Mickey's Polka
Johnny When You Die
Maurice O'Keeffe's
O'Callaghan's
O'Callaghan's Low
O'Keeffe's Dream
O'Sullivan's
Pádraig O'Keeffe's (1)
Pádraig O'Keeffe's (2)
Pádraig O'Keeffe's (3)
Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slides (1)
Pádraig O'Keeffe's Slides (2)
Quarry Cross
Quinn's
Séan McGovern's Polka
Scotsman Over the Border
Tarrant's Polkas (1)
Tarrant's Polkas (2)
Thadelo's
The Blue Ribbon
The Butcher's March
The Chancellor
The Cow That Ate the Blanket
The Dairymaid
The Donaghmore
The Doon Reel
The Frost Is All Over
The Galway Rambler
The Green Cottage Selection
The Green Cottage Selection (Polka 1)
The Green Cottage Selection (Polka 2)
The Green Cottage Selection (Polka 3)
The Harlequin
The Honeymoon
The Humours of Galteemore
The Humours of Lisheen
The Humours of Mountcollins
The Kilcummin Slide
The Lark in the Bog
The Mug of Brown Ale
The Munster
The New Post Office
The Peeler and the Goat
The Piper's Despair
The Pretty Girls of the Village
The Road to Newbridge
The Rose in the Heather
The Scartaglen Polka
The Star Above the Garter
The Tenpenny Bit
The Torn Jacket
The Trooper
The Woman of the House
The Worn Torn Petticoat
Tom Billy's
Tom Billy's Polka
Tom Billy's Reel
Tom Conner's Jig
Turkey in the Straw
West Clare Reel