The Ballycommon Set

First sides is on the left.

5 Figures

Figure No	Bars	Figure name	Style	Avg time
1	56	None	Polka	00:53
2	88	None	Polka	01:19
3	112	None	Slide	01:30
4	96	None	Slide	01:22
5	64	None	Jig	00:53

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 05:57.

1 Recording

Type	Artist	Title	Track #	Last Updated
CD	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	18

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name	Figure No	Artist	Title	Track
Figure 1 - 56 bars of Polkas.
No CDs have 56 bars of Polkas.
Ballycommon	5 (64 bars)	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	22
Figure 2 - 88 bars of Polkas.
Sliabh Luachra	4	Augusta Ceili Band	Volume 2	21
Sliabh Luachra	4	Brian Boru Ceili Band	House At Home	12
South Kerry	1	Danny Webster	Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster	16
Sliabh Luachra	4	Donncha Lynch Ceili Band	Set Dances of Cork and Kerry	18
Sliabh Luachra	4	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	4
North Kerry	4	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 01	6
Sliabh Luachra	4	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	22
South Kerry	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	17
Aran	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	3
Sliabh gCua	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 07	18
Melleray Lancers	7	Dance Music of Ireland volume 08	10
South Sligo Lancers	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	3
Mayo Lancers	7	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	21
Glencorrib	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	32
Aherlow	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	20
Black Hill	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 21	20
Aran	3	PJ Hernon	Buail Cois Air	12
Sliabh Luachra	4	Public House Ceili Band	Go Figure	20
Aran	3	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 1	14
North Kerry	4	Music For Sets volume 2	10
South Kerry	1	Temple House Ceili Band	Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2	7
Sliabh Luachra	4	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	9
South Kerry	1	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5	12
North Kerry	4	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	11
Sliabh Luachra	4	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	4
Figure 3 - 112 bars of Slides.
Rosscahill	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	28
Williamstown	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	2
Balleyvourney Jig	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	10
Clare Plain (Reel)	1	PJ Hernon	Buail Cois Air	19
Kenmare Polka	2	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	14
Figure 4 - 96 bars of Slides.
Mealagh Valley Jig	5	Various Artists	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	22
Figure 5 - 64 bars of Jigs.
Australian Half	3	The Coast Ceili Band	Set Dancing Downunder	12

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Instructions

Author	Title	Ref
Foilsithe ag Comhaltas Ceoltori Eireann agus Cumann Luthchleas Gael	An Authentic Guide to Set Dancing	p9
Pat Murphy	Toss The Feathers	p72
Arthur Kingsland	Newcastle Irish Set Dancers - Dance Notes	http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/instructions/Ballycommon-Polka-Set.html
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor	Crooked River Set Dancers	http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/ballycommon.htm
Joe O'Hara	Irish Set Dancing - List of Set Dances 1	http://setdanceteacher.ie/ballycommon.htm
Nora Stewart and Martin Largey	Easy Set Dancing	http://www.setdancing.com.au/content/Ballycommon%20Set.pdf

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