This is def one of the best sessions in sydney, Its run by a German piper who lived in Dublin for 10 years, the standard is high and the tunes are great, there is always someone learning some cranking new tunes. Its also very friendly. Some great musicians come along and its great fun, only problem is, Mondays at work seem to be a bit seedy
Yes he does but I haven't seen him there in a few weeks so maybe he's on holiday or something. The information bb gave is now outdated. We now start earlier, about 3pm, and go on till about 6 or 6.30. This is the only regular weekly trad session in the city at the moment, although there are other sessions that run fortnightly. These are arranged via group e-mail, so if you find yourself in Sydney and want to know what's on, contact me through this site and I'll be glad to help out.
Yeah - and you notice not one photo of me, I mean - loads and loads of people who are passing through sydney, djembe and didge players, but not actually one of me. And I was doing the gig! Hmmm, I wonder what thats all about ;)
Greetings all. Just arrived back in sydney after seven months in ireland. Just wondering what time you lads are getting going on sundays? Still 2?
Looking foward to catching up again.
Welcome back Ben. Yes it's still 2. You missed a great session last week. I've been working every Sunday recently so I have had to miss the session, but I'm putting my foot down and getting more days off so I can have a life. See you there.
I really enjoyed this session as a visitor who rarely gets a chance to join in a session. I was really made feel welcome. Great music and atmosphere. I hope to come again! Mark
I've just been cleaning out my computer and found this. It's a list of tunes I made for someone who wanted to know what tunes were played at this session. It's more useful here than stuck away in a random folder on my PC.
REELS
Ah, Surely!
Are You Ready Yet? [Tom Doorley]
The Bank Of Ireland
The Banks Of The Illen
The Banshee [James McMahon]
Beare Island [Finbar Dwyer]
The Bird In The Bush
Black Pat's [Tommy Peoples]
The Blackberry Blossom
The Black-eyed Sailor (Sheehan’s)
The Bloom Of Youth
The Boy In The Boat
The Boys Of Ballisodare
The Boys Of Malin
Branohm #2 [Máire Breathnach]
Brenda Stubbert’s [Jerry Holland]
Brendan McMahon’s
The Broken Pledge
The Bucks Of Oranmore
The Chicago
The College Groves
Colonel Fraser’s
Colonel McBain (Johnny’s Wedding)
The Congress
Cooley’s (Luttrell’s Pass)
Corney Is Coming
Craig’s Pipes
The Crib Of Perches
The Crock Of Gold [Vincent Broderick]
The Crooked Road To Dublin
The Cup Of Tea
The Curlew [Josephine Keegan]
The Curragh Races
The Dairy Maid
The Doonagore (Micho Russell's)
Drag Her Round The Road (The Shores Of Lough Graney)
The Drunken Sailor’s (also as hornpipe)
The Drunken Tinker
The Dublin
The Earl's Chair
The Fair-haired Lass
Fair-haired Mary (Molly Bawn)
Far From Home
Farewell To Erin
Farrel O’Gara’s
Father Kelly’s (Rossmore Jetty)
The Flowing Bowl
The Galtee Ranger (Callaghan’s)
George White’s Favourite
The Golden Stud [Stockton’s Wing]
Good Morning To Your Nightcap
The Gooseberry Bush
Gorman’s
The Guns Of The Magnificent Seven [Fintan McManus]
The Highlandman Who Kissed His Granny
The Hunter’s Purse
I'm Ready Now!
Jenny’s Chickens
Jenny Picking Cockles
Jenny’s Wedding
The Lads Of Laois
Lady Anne Montgomery
The Levantine’s Barrel
The Limestone Rock
The Longford Collector
The Longford Tinker (The Longford Spinster)
MacArthur Road [Dave Richardson]
MacLeod’s Farewell (The Wedding Reel) [Donald Shaw]
The Maids Of Mount Kisco
The Man Of Aran [Darach de Brun]
The Man Of The House
Martin Wynne’s #2
Master McDermott’s
The Merry Blacksmith
Miss Johnson’s
Miss McLeod’s
Miss Monaghan
The Monaghan Twig
The Morning Star
The Morning Thrush
The Mountain Road [Michael Gorman]
Mulhaire’s #9 [Martin Mulhaire]
Mulqueen’s
The Navvy On The Shore
The New Copperplate
The Noon Lassies
O’Connell's Trip To Parliament
The Old Bush
The Old Copperplate
Ormond Sound [Paddy O’Brien Nenagh]
Over The Moor To Maggie
Paddy Fahy’s (G)
Paddy’s Trip To Scotland
The Pigeon On The Gate
Rakish Paddy
The Rat In The Thatch (The Maids Of Tullyknockbrine)
The Reel Of Sceachóg [John Brady]
The Roscommon
The Sailor’s Bonnet
The Sally Gardens
The Scartaglen
The Scholar
The Silver Spear
Speed The Plough (Tom Billy’s)
The Spike Island Lasses
Sporting Paddy
Sully’s #6
Sweeney’s Wheel [Jackie Daly]
Sweeney’s Buttermilk [Brendan McGlinchey]
Tarbolton Lodge
Tommy Peoples’ (Bm)
Toss The Feathers #1
Toss The Feathers #2
Town Teine [Paddy O’Brien Nenagh]
Trim The Velvet
The Trip To Durrow
The Trip To Pakistan [Niall Kenny]
The Watchmaker (Niel Gow’s Wife)
The Wild Irishman
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Wise Maid (All Around The World)
The Yellow Tinker
JIGS
Aaron’s Key [Paul Roche]
Andy De Jarlis’
Bill Harte’s (The Rookery)
Brendan Tonra’s
The Butlers Of Glen Avenue [Tony Sullivan]
The Castle [Sean Ryan]
Christy Barry’s
The Cliffs Of Moher
Condon’s Frolics
The Connaughtman’s Rambles
The Dolphin
Donnybrook Fair (The Joy Of My Life)
Dusty Windowsills [Johnny Harling]
The Eavesdropper
Eddie Kelly’s
Father O’Flynn (Top Of The Cork Road)
The Flowers Of Spring (Tom Billy’s)
The Frost Is All Over
The Gold Ring
The Hag At The Churn
The Handsome Young Maidens [Charlie Lennon]
The Haunted House [Vincent Broderick]
The Humours Of Trim (The Rolling Waves)
Jim Ward’s
The Kesh
The Lark In The Morning
The Long Journey [Pádraig Rynne]
The Maid At The Spinning Wheel (Tune The Fiddle)
McIntyre’s Fancy
The Meelick Team (Eddie Kelly’s #1)
Michael Dwyer’s (Connie O’Connell’s)
Michael McGoldrick’s
The Mist-covered Mountain [Junior Crehan]
The Mooncoin
Morrison’s
Muireann’s [Niall Vallely]
Out On The Ocean
Paddy Clancy’s
Paddy’s Return (Kitty Lie Over)
The Pipe On The Hob
Queen Of The Rushes
The Roaring Barmaid [Tony Sullivan]
The Rose In The Heather
Sliabh Russell
The Tar Road To Sligo
Tom Billy’s
Whelan’s
The White Petticoat
SLIP JIGS
The Choice Wife (An Phis Fhliuch)
The Cock And The Hen
Drops Of Brandy
Farewell To Whalley Range [Mike McGoldrick]
The Kid On The Mountain
SLIDES
Going To The Well For Water (The Kaiser)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker’s Wife
The Old Favourite (Club Céilí)
HORNPIPES & SET DANCES & OTHER RANDOM STUFF
The Blackbird
Chief O’Neill’s Favourite
Poll Ha’penny
Fiona’s foreign set: Saltón Del Medio/Xirandiyes De Fresno/Some Random Breton Tune
Dont forget
bye awhile
Grappa Groove(niall Valelly)
Nina's, (Niall Valelly)
Palmers Gate (f#m)
7th April ( lateintheevening)
Ramnee Celidh
Natterjacks
Market Day
And loads of others that I dont know the names to, Looking at the list dow posted I noticed that we have moved away from a lot of those tunes and on to other tunes. Obviously - you cant play the same tunes over and over again for 10 years....
Durty's
This is def one of the best sessions in sydney, Its run by a German piper who lived in Dublin for 10 years, the standard is high and the tunes are great, there is always someone learning some cranking new tunes. Its also very friendly. Some great musicians come along and its great fun, only problem is, Mondays at work seem to be a bit seedy
# Posted on August 18th 2003 by bb
Forgot to say it starts around 4:30 - 5pm, but get there on time if you want to get a good seat.
# Posted on August 18th 2003 by bb
Durty Nellie's
Does Kenny fae Foula still go there?
# Posted on February 3rd 2004 by Bren
Durty Nelly's
Yes he does but I haven't seen him there in a few weeks so maybe he's on holiday or something. The information bb gave is now outdated. We now start earlier, about 3pm, and go on till about 6 or 6.30. This is the only regular weekly trad session in the city at the moment, although there are other sessions that run fortnightly. These are arranged via group e-mail, so if you find yourself in Sydney and want to know what's on, contact me through this site and I'll be glad to help out.
# Posted on January 18th 2005 by Dow
Durty Nellys - Sydney, New time
Starts at 2pm now. And the website is
http://www.durtynellyssydney.com.au/index.php
# Posted on June 10th 2005 by bb
Ah. That's why it finished earlier than I expected last time!
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by Tish
Aiiieeeee!!!! Beebs, talk to them AT ONCE about the session pix slideshow on that web site!!
What's with the djembe and the didge? Sydney's international reputation will be ruined!!!
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by Tish
Yeah - and you notice not one photo of me, I mean - loads and loads of people who are passing through sydney, djembe and didge players, but not actually one of me. And I was doing the gig! Hmmm, I wonder what thats all about ;)
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bb
Yes, I noticed you and Dowsie artfully dodged the camera.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by Tish
Not saying that I want to have a photo, it'd be pretty scary - but jeez - a djembe player???....ugh
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bb
Sunday session in Durrty's.
Greetings all. Just arrived back in sydney after seven months in ireland. Just wondering what time you lads are getting going on sundays? Still 2?
Looking foward to catching up again.
Cheers,
Ben.
# Posted on January 12th 2006 by late in the evening
Re: Sunday session in Durrty's.
Welcome back Ben. Yes it's still 2. You missed a great session last week. I've been working every Sunday recently so I have had to miss the session, but I'm putting my foot down and getting more days off so I can have a life. See you there.
# Posted on January 12th 2006 by Dow
Flute player
Hi Ben.
is there anyone at the Durty Nelly's session who plays a flute and might be interested in giving lessons?
# Posted on January 20th 2006 by bosco
Lovely Session ..
I really enjoyed this session as a visitor who rarely gets a chance to join in a session. I was really made feel welcome. Great music and atmosphere. I hope to come again! Mark
# Posted on July 13th 2007 by cabers
Durty Nelly's survival tunes
I've just been cleaning out my computer and found this. It's a list of tunes I made for someone who wanted to know what tunes were played at this session. It's more useful here than stuck away in a random folder on my PC.
REELS
Ah, Surely!
Are You Ready Yet? [Tom Doorley]
The Bank Of Ireland
The Banks Of The Illen
The Banshee [James McMahon]
Beare Island [Finbar Dwyer]
The Bird In The Bush
Black Pat's [Tommy Peoples]
The Blackberry Blossom
The Black-eyed Sailor (Sheehan’s)
The Bloom Of Youth
The Boy In The Boat
The Boys Of Ballisodare
The Boys Of Malin
Branohm #2 [Máire Breathnach]
Brenda Stubbert’s [Jerry Holland]
Brendan McMahon’s
The Broken Pledge
The Bucks Of Oranmore
The Chicago
The College Groves
Colonel Fraser’s
Colonel McBain (Johnny’s Wedding)
The Congress
Cooley’s (Luttrell’s Pass)
Corney Is Coming
Craig’s Pipes
The Crib Of Perches
The Crock Of Gold [Vincent Broderick]
The Crooked Road To Dublin
The Cup Of Tea
The Curlew [Josephine Keegan]
The Curragh Races
The Dairy Maid
The Doonagore (Micho Russell's)
Drag Her Round The Road (The Shores Of Lough Graney)
The Drunken Sailor’s (also as hornpipe)
The Drunken Tinker
The Dublin
The Earl's Chair
The Fair-haired Lass
Fair-haired Mary (Molly Bawn)
Far From Home
Farewell To Erin
Farrel O’Gara’s
Father Kelly’s (Rossmore Jetty)
The Flowing Bowl
The Galtee Ranger (Callaghan’s)
George White’s Favourite
The Golden Stud [Stockton’s Wing]
Good Morning To Your Nightcap
The Gooseberry Bush
Gorman’s
The Guns Of The Magnificent Seven [Fintan McManus]
The Highlandman Who Kissed His Granny
The Hunter’s Purse
I'm Ready Now!
Jenny’s Chickens
Jenny Picking Cockles
Jenny’s Wedding
The Lads Of Laois
Lady Anne Montgomery
The Levantine’s Barrel
The Limestone Rock
The Longford Collector
The Longford Tinker (The Longford Spinster)
MacArthur Road [Dave Richardson]
MacLeod’s Farewell (The Wedding Reel) [Donald Shaw]
The Maids Of Mount Kisco
The Man Of Aran [Darach de Brun]
The Man Of The House
Martin Wynne’s #2
Master McDermott’s
The Merry Blacksmith
Miss Johnson’s
Miss McLeod’s
Miss Monaghan
The Monaghan Twig
The Morning Star
The Morning Thrush
The Mountain Road [Michael Gorman]
Mulhaire’s #9 [Martin Mulhaire]
Mulqueen’s
The Navvy On The Shore
The New Copperplate
The Noon Lassies
O’Connell's Trip To Parliament
The Old Bush
The Old Copperplate
Ormond Sound [Paddy O’Brien Nenagh]
Over The Moor To Maggie
Paddy Fahy’s (G)
Paddy’s Trip To Scotland
The Pigeon On The Gate
Rakish Paddy
The Rat In The Thatch (The Maids Of Tullyknockbrine)
The Reel Of Sceachóg [John Brady]
The Roscommon
The Sailor’s Bonnet
The Sally Gardens
The Scartaglen
The Scholar
The Silver Spear
Speed The Plough (Tom Billy’s)
The Spike Island Lasses
Sporting Paddy
Sully’s #6
Sweeney’s Wheel [Jackie Daly]
Sweeney’s Buttermilk [Brendan McGlinchey]
Tarbolton Lodge
Tommy Peoples’ (Bm)
Toss The Feathers #1
Toss The Feathers #2
Town Teine [Paddy O’Brien Nenagh]
Trim The Velvet
The Trip To Durrow
The Trip To Pakistan [Niall Kenny]
The Watchmaker (Niel Gow’s Wife)
The Wild Irishman
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
The Wise Maid (All Around The World)
The Yellow Tinker
JIGS
Aaron’s Key [Paul Roche]
Andy De Jarlis’
Bill Harte’s (The Rookery)
Brendan Tonra’s
The Butlers Of Glen Avenue [Tony Sullivan]
The Castle [Sean Ryan]
Christy Barry’s
The Cliffs Of Moher
Condon’s Frolics
The Connaughtman’s Rambles
The Dolphin
Donnybrook Fair (The Joy Of My Life)
Dusty Windowsills [Johnny Harling]
The Eavesdropper
Eddie Kelly’s
Father O’Flynn (Top Of The Cork Road)
The Flowers Of Spring (Tom Billy’s)
The Frost Is All Over
The Gold Ring
The Hag At The Churn
The Handsome Young Maidens [Charlie Lennon]
The Haunted House [Vincent Broderick]
The Humours Of Trim (The Rolling Waves)
Jim Ward’s
The Kesh
The Lark In The Morning
The Long Journey [Pádraig Rynne]
The Maid At The Spinning Wheel (Tune The Fiddle)
McIntyre’s Fancy
The Meelick Team (Eddie Kelly’s #1)
Michael Dwyer’s (Connie O’Connell’s)
Michael McGoldrick’s
The Mist-covered Mountain [Junior Crehan]
The Mooncoin
Morrison’s
Muireann’s [Niall Vallely]
Out On The Ocean
Paddy Clancy’s
Paddy’s Return (Kitty Lie Over)
The Pipe On The Hob
Queen Of The Rushes
The Roaring Barmaid [Tony Sullivan]
The Rose In The Heather
Sliabh Russell
The Tar Road To Sligo
Tom Billy’s
Whelan’s
The White Petticoat
SLIP JIGS
The Choice Wife (An Phis Fhliuch)
The Cock And The Hen
Drops Of Brandy
Farewell To Whalley Range [Mike McGoldrick]
The Kid On The Mountain
SLIDES
Going To The Well For Water (The Kaiser)
Merrily Kissed The Quaker’s Wife
The Old Favourite (Club Céilí)
HORNPIPES & SET DANCES & OTHER RANDOM STUFF
The Blackbird
Chief O’Neill’s Favourite
Poll Ha’penny
Fiona’s foreign set: Saltón Del Medio/Xirandiyes De Fresno/Some Random Breton Tune
# Posted on February 7th 2008 by Dow
now I know why I had that feeling of "not surviving" at Durty Nelly's
# Posted on February 8th 2008 by Bren
Dont forget
bye awhile
Grappa Groove(niall Valelly)
Nina's, (Niall Valelly)
Palmers Gate (f#m)
7th April ( lateintheevening)
Ramnee Celidh
Natterjacks
Market Day
And loads of others that I dont know the names to, Looking at the list dow posted I noticed that we have moved away from a lot of those tunes and on to other tunes. Obviously - you cant play the same tunes over and over again for 10 years....
# Posted on February 19th 2008 by bb