Ballykeale jig

Also known as Ballykeal, The Ballykeal, The Ballykeale, The Ballykeel.

There are 12 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Wellington’s Advance (a few times),
The Frost Is All Over (a few times),
The Munster (a few times) and
The Sporting Pitchfork (a few times).

Ballykeale has been added to 32 tunebooks.

One setting

X: 1
T: Ballykeale
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmix
c|:A=FA A2c|A=FA Adc| BGG DGG| BGB dcB|
A=FA A2c|A=FA A2a| bag fdc|1 BGB dcB:|2 BGF GBd||
~g3 gag |fde fd^c| dgg gag |fd^c def|
g2a bag |fde fga |bag fdc |1 BGF GBd:|2 BGB dcB||

Three comments

Ballykeale

Taken from Seamus and Kevin Glackin : Northern Lights Na Saighnean.

Ballykeal Jig (Ballykeel)

Catherine McEvoy plays this lovely jig with an Fn. It changes the tune dramatically.

Htcaft

this tune also appears on Jim Cowderys/How to change a Flat tire album

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