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The Caragh Lake Jig Set

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7 Figures

Figure No Bars Figure name Style Avg time
1 136 None Jig 02:00
2 152 None Jig 02:14
3 248 None Jig 03:35
4 328 None Jig 04:43
5 176 None Slide 02:18
6 144 None Reel 02:29
7 160 None Hornpipe 03:17

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 20:36.

1 Recording

Type Artist Title Track # Last Updated
CD Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 11

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name Figure No Artist Title Track
Figure 1 - 136 bars of Jigs.
Antrim Square 2 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 2
2 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 16
2 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 9
Blacktown 1 Irish Set Dancing Fun 14
Cuchulainn 1 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 1
Black Valley Square Jig 2 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 06 15
Glencree 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 10 25
Killyon 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 13
Antrim Square 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 2
Cuchulainn 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 23
Blacktown 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 5
Ballykeale 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 21 6
Hunter Valley 4 24
Templebeg 5 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 13
Antrim Square 2 The Coast Ceili Band Set Dancing Downunder 2
Southern Cross 6 9
Black Valley Square Jig 2 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 2
Figure 2 - 152 bars of Jigs.
Moycullen 3 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 1 3
3 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 7
Fermanagh Quadrilles 2 Ceili Time Irish Set Dancing Fun 6
South Kerry 2 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 17
Durrow Threshing 6 27
South Kerry 2 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 18
Durrow Threshing 6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 09 6
Fermanagh Quadrilles 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 10 17
Mayo Lancers 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 12 16
Loughgraney 4 Dance Music of Ireland volume 13 17
Moycullen 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 18 6
Portmagee Jig Set (Meserts) 2 9
3 10
4 11
Meelin Victoria 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 20
2 21
Moycullen 3 Rise The Dust All Set 3
3 Salamanca Ceili Band Swing 3
South Kerry 2 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2 8
2 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 13
Durrow Threshing 6 Triskell Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois 10
Figure 3 - 248 bars of Jigs.
Televara 1 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 1
Figure 4 - 328 bars of Jigs.
Jenny Lind 3 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 07 3
4 4
2 Red Abbey Group Call The Set 2 2
3 3
4 4
2 Various Artists The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets 8
3 9
4 10
Figure 5 - 176 bars of Slides.
No CDs have 176 bars of Slides.
North Kerry 3 (184 bars) Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 2 9
Set of Erin 1 (184 bars) Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4 6
2 (184 bars) 7
3 (184 bars) 8
4 (184 bars) 9
1 (184 bars) Various Artists The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets 19
2 (184 bars) 20
3 (184 bars) 21
4 (184 bars) 22
North Kerry 3 (184 bars) The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets 10
Figure 6 - 144 bars of Reels.
Antrim Square 1 Abbey Ceili Band Bóthar na Réidhe 13
Clare Lancers 3 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 1 20
Antrim Square 1 Volume 2 1
Clare Lancers 3 Beltaine Irish Traditional Dance Music 9
Antrim Square 1 Brian Boru Ceili Band House At Home 15
1 Ceili Time Set Dancing Volume 1 8
Clare Lancers 3 13
Sliabh Fraoch 3 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 13
Clare Lancers 3 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 18
3 Lough Ree Ceili Band Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point 3
3 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 05 11
Doire Cholm Cille 3 Dance Music of Ireland volume 11 18
Kildownet Half 3 26
Antrim Square 1 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 1
Flight of The Earls 1 4
Sliabh Fraoch 3 10
Lough Neagh 2 Dance Music of Ireland volume 20 2
Clare Lancers 3 McIlroy Band Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell 9
3 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 3
Sliabh Fraoch 3 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Play the Keys 7
Clare Lancers 3 12
Shannon Gaels 3 Salamanca Ceili Band Swing 7
Clare Lancers 3 11
3 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 3 9
3 Swallow's Tail In Full Flight 19
3 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 3
Antrim Square 1 The Coast Ceili Band Set Dancing Downunder 1
Clare Lancers 3 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4 3
3 Various Artists The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets 15
Figure 7 - 160 bars of Hornpipes.
Caledonian 6 Abbey Ceili Band Bruach an t'Sulain 17
Sliabh Luachra 6 Beal a' Ghleanna 6
Kilfenora Plain 6 Augusta Ceili Band Volume 2 17
Sliabh Luachra 6 23
Caledonian 6 Barefield Ceili Band Between The Sets 6
6 Brian Boru Ceili Band House Around 6
Sliabh Luachra 6 House At Home 14
Kilfenora Plain 6 Danny Webster Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster 10
6 Davey Ceili Band Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing 11
Sliabh Luachra 6 Donncha Lynch Ceili Band Set Dances of Cork and Kerry 20
Kilfenora Plain 6 Heather Breeze Music In The Glen 22
Sliabh Luachra 6 Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra 6
Caledonian 6 12
6 Matt Cunningham Ceili Band Dance Music of Ireland volume 01 22
Sliabh Luachra 6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 03 24
Paris 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 04 5
Labasheeda 6 16
Limerick Tumblers 5 Dance Music of Ireland volume 17 17
Newmarket Meserts 6 Dance Music of Ireland volume 19 22
Caledonian 6 Michael Sexton Ceili Band Volume 1 6
Labasheeda 6 Volume 2 - Mad To Dance 17
Caledonian 6 Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh Music for Set Dancing - "Live" 6
Kilfenora Plain 6 24
Caledonian 6 Public House Ceili Band Go Figure 6
Sliabh Luachra 6 22
6 Red Abbey Group Call The Set 1 6
Borlin 5 Call The Set 2 11
Croisloch 4 Rise The Dust Give it a Lift 8
Caledonian 6 Shaskeen Music For Sets volume 1 6
Labasheeda 6 Temple House Ceili Band Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1 17
Paris 5 Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2 17
Newmarket Meserts 6 Tommy McCarthy Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2 6
Clare Plain Polka 7 13
Paris 5 Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3 5
Sliabh Luachra 6 11
Caledonian 6 Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5 11
Kenmare 5 Various Artists The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets 17
Sliabh Luachra 6 The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets 6
Borlin 5 24

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Instructions

Author Title Ref Last Updated
Pat Murphy Toss The Feathers p82
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor Crooked River Set Dancers https://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/caragh%20lake.htm
Joe O'Hara Irish Set Dancing - List of Set Dances 1 https://setdanceteacher.ie/CARAGH.HTM
Michael and Susan Harrison DanceMinder https://www.danceminder.com/dance/show/carala
Nora Stewart and Martin Largey Easy Set Dancing https://www.setdancing.com.au/content/THE%20CARAGH%20LAKE%20JIG%20SET.pdf

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