Cypress Jig - Le Jig à Ti-Toine
September 12, 2020
Le Jig à Ti-Toine
Hanneke Casssel
September 3, 2020
Larach Alasdair
August 31, 2020
Dusky Meadow
August 26, 2020
The Cypress Jig
Hanneke Cassel
August 23, 2020
Tommy Peoples' Reel
August 20, 2020
Sporting Paddy
August 18, 2020
The Rambling Pitchfork
August 12, 2020
The Rose in the Heather
August 10, 2020
Over the Sea to Skye
August 7, 2020
The Raivlin Reel
August 4, 2020
Laird of Drumblair/Angus Campbell
August 3, 2020
The Laird of Drumblair
July 31, 2020
Blackberry Festival Footrace
July 29, 2020
O'Sullivan's March (Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket/An Sean Duine)
July 27, 2020
The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket
July 23, 2020
Blackberry Blossom
July 22, 2020
Fisher's Hornpipe
July 19, 2020
Whiskey Before Breakfast
July 17, 2020
What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor
July 14, 2020
The Drunken Sailor Hornpipe
July 13, 2020
The Foxhunter's Slip Jig
July 11, 2020
Father Kelly's Reel
July 9, 2020
Devil's Dream
July 7, 2020
Ookpik Waltz
July 6, 2020
Liberty
July 4, 2020
Angus Campbell
July 3, 2020
Pelican Reel
July 1, 2020
Kesh Jig
June 29, 2020
The Maid Behind the Bar
June 28, 2020
The Silver Spear
June 26, 2020
The Mountain Road
June 24, 2020
The Banshee
June 23, 2020
Cliffs of Moher
June 20, 2020
The Gravel Walks
June 18, 2020
Cooley's Reel
June 17, 2020
Josephins Dopvals
June 16, 2020
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