This is not just another book of Irish session tunes. It represents the relatively unknown repertoire of a single Irish traditional musician, Packie Manus Byrne of Donegal. There has been considerable interest in the music of Donegal over the past 10 years or so, especially with the rise of groups such as Altan. Packie Manus Byrne is a familiar name to traditional-music lovers in Ireland and the UK, where he enjoyed a successful career as a folk performer for more than 20 years. Almost all these tunes were being played in Packie's home area between 1925 and 1935; the collection is thus something of a "time capsule" with a unity of origin and style that sets it apart from other collections. The 85 genuine old traditional tunes are being made public for the first time. This unique collection, with all the background information and stories, gives the reader a real sense of the community out of which the music came and the characters who played it. Suitable for fiddle, tin whistle, flute and other traditional instruments. The online audio download includes 33 of the tunes performed by Jean Duval, Stephen Jones, Johanne St. Laurent, Lynda Dowker, and Reinhard Görner on a variety of instruments.

A Besom Of Heather (Polka)      
A Dossan Of Heather      
A Gweedore Highland      
A Welsh Chapel Hymn      
All Apio      
An Bata Ti (The House Stick)      
An Bothan (The Little Turf House)      
An Cailin Rua (The Red-Haired Girl)      
An Coilean Cu      
An Fear Dall      
An Fharraige Chiuin (The Calm Sea)      
An Highland Fada (The Long Highland)      
An T-Altan Bui (The Yellow-Faced Rock)      
An T-Ean Sa Chrann      
Ar Thaobh Na Carraige (By The Side Of The Rock)      
Away And Over      
Barefoot Biddy (Hornpipe)      
Behind The Ditch In The Garden      
Blow The Bellows      
Call The Horse!      
Captain Taylor's March      
Crossing The Oily River      
Father Murphy's Topcoat (Shoe The Donkey)      
Forgetting The Lesson      
Foyne's Legacy      
Home From France (Sa Bhaile O'n Fhrainc)      
Humours Of Whiskey      
I'll Marry You When Me Garden Grows      
I've Got A Bonnet (Polka)      
Lilting Ann      
Mcshane's Rambles      
Merry Hours Of Gladness      
Min A Churrain      
Min Na Heireann (March)      
Paddy Bhilli Na Ropai      
Piddling Peggy      
Piddling Peggy      
Rosie's Brachan (Mazurka)      
Showers Of Autumn      
Socks On The Crane      
Stepping Stones      
Suan Clock Teineadh (The Firestone Lullaby)      
Teelin Rowdies      
The Barley Field (Air And Hornpipe)      
The Belling March      
The Bonnie Hop (German)      
The Buckasheen Landy      
The Byrnes Of Gleann Cholm Cille      
The Collier Laddie      
The Crow's Claw (Johnny Haughey's Highland)      
The Dangers Of Men      
The Dark Girl Dressed In Blue      
The Dark Girl Dressed In Blue      
The Dawn Pack      
The Fernden Polka      
The Forgotten Highland      
The Fumbling Chorster (March)      
The Gap Of Glenshane (March)      
The Ghost's Welcome      
The Glen Finn Lass      
The Half Door      
The Last Star      
The Lazy Wife      
The Peeler And The Goat      
The Sapper      
The Schoolmaster's Sister      
The Sheigh O'rye      
The Spinning Wheel      
The Storm      
The Stuttering Auctioneer (Hornpipe)      
The Swamp Reed March      
The Tatty Hokers (Hornpipe)      
The Three Stars      
The True Lovers' Discussion      
The Tummel Marchthe Fumbling Chorister (March)      
The Wheels Of The Train      
The Willighan Bush      
Unnamed German      
Unnamed Highland      
Unnamed Mazurka 1      
Unnamed Mazurka 2      
We're Having A Drop      
Weans In Skirts      
Welcome Home Rosie      
Willie Dear