The Castletown Set

From county Laois. First sides is on the left.

5 Figures

Figure No	Bars	Figure name	Style	Avg time
1	184	None	Polka	02:36
2	184	None	Polka	02:36
3	168	None	Slide	02:39
4	144	None	Hornpipe	02:52
5	160	None	Polka	02:23

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 13:06.

Notes

This set was composed in 2019 and presented at the Connie Ryan Dance Festival in January 2020. All swings are in waltz hold.

There are no CDs which feature this music.

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name	Figure No	Artist	Title	Track
Figure 1 - 184 bars of Polkas.
Derrada	2	Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band	Sets Workshop	13
	2	Fodhla Ceili Band	Music For Set Dancing	2
	2	Heather Breeze	Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening	25
	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	15
Ballycroy	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	12
Claddagh	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	2
Tory Island	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	6
Dublin	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 17	19
Tory Island Lancers	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 19	6
Templebeg	1	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	9
Templebeg	3	11	Give it a Lift
Derrada	2	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 3	13
Southern Cross	3	The Coast Ceili Band	Set Dancing Downunder	6
Figure 2 - 184 bars of Polkas.
Derrada	2	Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band	Sets Workshop	13
	2	Fodhla Ceili Band	Music For Set Dancing	2
	2	Heather Breeze	Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening	25
	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	15
Ballycroy	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	12
Claddagh	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	2
Tory Island	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	6
Dublin	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 17	19
Tory Island Lancers	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 19	6
Templebeg	1	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	9
Templebeg	3	11	Give it a Lift
Derrada	2	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 3	13
Southern Cross	3	The Coast Ceili Band	Set Dancing Downunder	6
Figure 3 - 168 bars of Slides.
Kildownet Half	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	25
Figure 4 - 144 bars of Hornpipes.
Port Fairy	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 20	26
Merchant	4	Rise The Dust	Give it a Lift	4
Clare Lancers	3	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 3	9
Figure 5 - 160 bars of Polkas.
Sliabh Luachra	2	Abbey Ceili Band	Beal a' Ghleanna	2
	3	3	Beal a' Ghleanna
	1	Augusta Ceili Band	Volume 2	18
	2	19
	3	20
Augusta Water	2	25
Sliabh Luachra	1	Brian Boru Ceili Band	House At Home	9
	2	10
	3	11
	1	Donncha Lynch Ceili Band	Set Dances of Cork and Kerry	15
	2	16
	3	17
	1	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	1
	2	2
	3	3
	1	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	19
	2	20
	3	21
	6	24
Connemara	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	6
Aran	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	1
Valentia Right and Left	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	8
Doire Cholm Cille	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	17
Inis Oirr	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	9
Tory Island	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 14	9
Limerick Tumblers	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 17	13
Limerick Tumblers	5		17
Dublin	1		18
Tory Island Lancers	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 19	9
Coomhola	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 21	11
Clare Lancers	1	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	1
Sliabh Luachra	1	Public House Ceili Band	Go Figure	17
	2	18
	3	19
	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	6
	2	7
	3	8
Kenmare Polka	5	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	17
Sliabh Luachra	1	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	1
	2		2
	3		3
Clare Lancers	1	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	13

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Instructions

Author	Title	Ref	Last Updated
Pat Murphy	Last Night's Fun	p63

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