The Five Books Set

Also known as: The Four Books Set.

From county Non-Ireland. First sides is on the left.

5 Figures

Figure No	Bars	Figure name	Style	Avg time
1	160	Toss the Feathers	Reel	02:55
2	200	Apples in Winter	Jig	02:57
3	232	Come West Along the Road	Reel	02:53
4	160	The Flowing Tide	Hornpipe	03:28
5	168	Tabhair Dom do Labh	Waltz	00:00

Usual dancing time (no breaks): 12:13.

Notes

Written as a tribute to Pat Murphy and his four books on Irish Set Dancing. Each figure is named after a book (in order) and should be danced to the tune of that name.

There are no CDs which feature this music.

Alternate music for these figures:

Set Name	Figure No	Artist	Title	Track
Figure 1 - 160 bars of Reels.
Connemara	1	Abbey Ceili Band	Beal a' Ghleanna	7
Moycullen	1	Augusta Ceili Band	Volume 1	1
Moycullen	2	2
Clare Lancers	1	18
Augusta Water	3	Volume 2	26
Clare Lancers	1	Beltaine	Irish Traditional Dance Music	7
Connemara	1	Brian Boru Ceili Band	House Around	12
Moycullen	1	House At Home	5
Moycullen	2	House At Home	6
Clare Lancers	1	Ceili Time	Set Dancing Volume 1	11
Clare Lancers	1	Davey Ceili Band	Pipe 'n' Music - For Set Dancing	16
Connemara	1	Glenside Ceili Band	Set Dance Music From Glen	11
Connemara	1	Heather Breeze	Traditional Irish Music for Set Dancing and Listening	4
Inis Oirr	2	Music In The Glen	11
Inis Oirr	3	Music In The Glen	12
Connemara	1	Johnny Reidy and the Sliabh Luachra Ceili Band	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra	19
Clare Lancers	1	Lough Ree Ceili Band	Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point	1
Clare Plain (Reel)	5	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	5
Paris	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	1
Paris	5		5
Connemara	1		6
Labasheeda	6		16
Aran	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	1
Clare Lancers	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	9
Black Valley Square Jig	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 06	18
Doire Cholm Cille	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 11	17
Inis Oirr	2	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	8
Inis Oirr	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	9
Lough Neagh	4	Dance Music of Ireland volume 20	4
Port Fairy	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 20	27
Clare Lancers	1	McIlroy Band	Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell	7
Connemara	1	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 1	7
Clare Lancers	1	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	1
Caledonian	6	Michéal Sexton and Pat Walsh	Music for Set Dancing - "Live"	6
Clare Lancers	1	Play the Keys	10
Connemara	1	PJ Hernon	Buail Cois Air	1
Aran	1	10	Buail Cois Air
Connemara	1	Public House Ceili Band	Go Figure	13
Moycullen	1	Rise The Dust	All Set	1
Moycullen	2	2	All Set
Aran	1	Shaskeen	Music For Sets volume 1	12
Connemara	1	15	Music For Sets volume 1
Clare Lancers	1	Music For Sets volume 3	7
Connemara	1	Swallow's Tail	In Full Flight	13
Clare Lancers	1	17	In Full Flight
Clare Lancers	1	Temple House Ceili Band	Temple House - Music For Sets volume 1	1
Paris	1	Temple House - Music For Sets volume 2	13
Paris	1	Tommy McCarthy	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	1
Clare Lancers	1	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 4	1
Black Valley Square Jig	5	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5	5
Connemara	1	Triskell	Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois	1
Clare Lancers	1	Various Artists	The Set 4 - Music For Four Complete Sets	13
Figure 2 - 200 bars of Jigs.
Auban	1	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05	4
Auban	4	7	Dance Music of Ireland volume 05
Melleray Lancers	5	Dance Music of Ireland volume 08	8
Rosscahill	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	27
Limerick Orange and Green	1	Dance Music of Ireland volume 12	7
Meelin Victoria	3	Dance Music of Ireland volume 20	22
Cashel	3	McIlroy Band	Hilltown Ceili with caller Joe Farrell	17
Cashel	1	Michael Sexton Ceili Band	Volume 2 - Mad To Dance	6
Figure 3 - 232 bars of Reels.
Cavan Reel	1	Matt Cunningham Ceili Band	Dance Music of Ireland volume 03	7
South Sligo Lancers	4	Dance Music of Ireland volume 10	4
South Sligo Lancers	4	Triskell	Irish Set Dancing CD - Faoi Do Chois	18
Figure 4 - 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	Volume 2
Caledonian	6	Barefield Ceili Band	Between The Sets	6
Caledonian	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
Kilfenora Plain	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	Music for Set Dancing volume 2 - At Home in Sliabh Luachra
Caledonian	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	Dance Music of Ireland volume 04	16
Caragh Lake Jig	7	Dance Music of Ireland volume 09	17
Kilfenora Plain	6	Dance Music of Ireland volume 13	6
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	Music for Set Dancing - "Live"
Caledonian	6	Public House Ceili Band	Go Figure	6
Sliabh Luachra	6	22	Go Figure
Kilfenora Plain	6	Rise The Dust	All Set	10
Croisloch	4	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	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 2
Paris	5	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	5
Sliabh Luachra	6	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 3	11
Caledonian	6	Set Dances of Ireland Vol 5	11
Kenmare Polka	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	The Set 3 - Music For Four Complete Sets	24
Figure 5 - 168 bars of Waltzs.
No CDs have 168 bars of Waltzs.
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Instructions

Author	Title	Ref	Last Updated
Pat Murphy	Come West Along the Road	p103
Paul Carr	Set In Their Ways website	http://rsc.anu.edu.au/~pdc/sitw/four_books_set.html

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