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The Hills Of Ireland slip jig

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

The Hills Of Ireland appears in 1 other tune collection.

The Hills Of Ireland has been added to 9 tune sets.

The Hills Of Ireland has been added to 68 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: The Hills Of Ireland
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:B2E EGE AFD|BGB cBA BGE|B2E EGE AFD|AB^c dcB AFD:|
|:E2e ef^d e2B|E2e e2^c dAF|E2e ef^d e2B|AB^c dcB AFD:|
2
X: 2
T: The Hills Of Ireland
R: slip jig
M: 9/8
L: 1/8
K: Emin
|:B2E E3 AFD|BGB cBA BGE|B2E E3 AFD|AB^c dcB AFD:|
|:E2e efd e2B|E2e e2^c dAF|E2e ef^d e2B|AB^c dcB AFD:|
# Added by JACKB .

Five comments

This is kind of a strange tune. I heard it on Jeff and Mychael Danna’s “A Celtic Romance: The Legend Of Lidain & Curithir” CD. I think it was paired with Saddle the Pony and Good Christian Men we will rejoice played like a jig. This is actually sort of a fun whistle tune if you can get all the accidentals in.

The Hills Of Ireland

It’s called “The Hills Of Ireland”. It’s in O’Neill’s. You can edit your title if you like, by going to “edit details”.

Oh, I figured that was what the Danna brothers called the set. It’s been driving me crazy what the name of this tune was.

Re: The Hills Of Ireland

A few years ago, I found a YouTube video of the Good Christian Men Rjc/Saddle the Pony/Hills of Ireland set (though Saddle the Pony was called “Red Stockings.” I had wondered where it was from though. Now I know!

Re: The Hills Of Ireland

Actually, I don’t think that set with Good Christian Men Rejoice is from the Danna brothers, because their song “The Hills of Ireland” sounds different to that. After looking around, I think the Good Christian Men Rejoice recording likely comes from here:
https://www.discogs.com/Dirk-Freymuth-Christmas-Celtic/release/2696569
track 5, although there are a few uploads of it on YouTube that claim the set is by Enya, which it really doesn’t sound like it is.