The Connemara Jig Set

Also known as: The Foraer a Neaintín Set, and The Freres Nantais Set.

From county Galway. First sides is on the right.

5 Figures

Figure No	Bars	Figure name	Style	Avg time
1	288	None	Jig	04:24
2	256	None	Jig	03:55
3	264	None	Single Jig	04:03
4	184	None	Hornpipe	03:06
5	144	None	Polka	02:03

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 17:31.

4 Recordings

Type	Artist	Title	Track #
CD	Beltaine	Irish Traditional Dance Music	2
CD	Cathal McAnulty Ceili Band	Sets Workshop	1
Tape	PJ Hernon	Buail Cois Eile Air	1
CD	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 3	1

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name	Figure No	Artist	Title	Track
Figure 1 - 288 bars of Jigs.
Victoria Jig	4	Various Artists	The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets	17
Figure 2 - 256 bars of Jigs.
Auban	5	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	8
Newmarket Meserts	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 19	17
Newmarket Meserts	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2	1
Figure 3 - 264 bars of Single Jigs.
Clare Orange and Green	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 07	9
	2	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	20
	2	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 1	2
	2	Various Artists	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	2
Figure 4 - 184 bars of Hornpipes.
Newport	2	Gleann an Iolair Ceili Band	The Derry Boat	9
	2	Glenside Ceili Band	Set Dance Music From Glen	9
	2	Heather Breeze	Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening	2
	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 08	2
	2	18	Dance Music of Ireland volume 08
Atha Caoiré	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 20	14
Newport	2	McIlroy Band	Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell	13
	2	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 1	18
	2	PJ Hernon	Buail Cois Eile Air	13
	2	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 2	13
Televara	4	Various Artists	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	4
Figure 5 - 144 bars of Polkas.
Durrow Threshing	5	Danny Webster	Come Set Dancing to Danny Webster	26
West Kerry	1	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	13
Donegal	2	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	15
South Kerry	4	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	20
Durrow Threshing	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	5
West Kerry	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	22
West Kerry	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5	18
Durrow Threshing	5	Triskell	Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois	9
West Kerry	1	Various Artists	The Set 1 - Music For Four Complete Sets	7
Kenmare Polka	1	The Set 2 - Music For Four Complete Sets	13
Ardgroom Polka	4	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	11
Clare Lancers	3	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	15

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Instructions

Author	Title	Ref
Pat Murphy	Toss The Feathers	p124
Arthur Kingsland	Newcastle Irish Set Dancers - Dance Notes	http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/instructions/Freres-Nantes-Set.html
Arthur Kingsland	Newcastle Irish Set Dancers - Dance Notes	http://users.tpg.com.au/juliasm/Irish-Dance/instructions/Connemara-Jig-Set.html
Dr. Lenette S. and Larry E. Taylor	Crooked River Set Dancers	http://www.personal.kent.edu/~ltaylor1/connemara%20jig.htm
Joe O'Hara	Irish Set Dancing - List of Set Dances 1	http://setdanceteacher.ie/CONNJIG.HTM
Michael and Susan Harrison	DanceMinder	https://danceminder.com/dance/show/frnant

Videos

Channel	Figure	URL
Mike Didkovsky	1	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xWT_3AF3is&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v8MPgYyqylztMGbd3gBH3LL&index=1
	2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcxSTp7L4k&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v8MPgYyqylztMGbd3gBH3LL&index=2
	3	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU50b2NIfp8&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v8MPgYyqylztMGbd3gBH3LL&index=3
	4	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txSnon3KsNo&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v8MPgYyqylztMGbd3gBH3LL&index=4
	5	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EReQEr79XPc&list=PLvXPNPT1t8v8MPgYyqylztMGbd3gBH3LL&index=5

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