Classes, Future Classes, Irish Set Dancing

2026 Irish Set Dancing | A Set A Day

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JANUARY

  1. Armagh Set Printable: Armagh Set
  2. Lough Neagh Set (revived in America)
  3. Armagh Lancers Set
  4. Antrim Square Set Printable: Antrim Square Set (composed in Australia)
  5. Carlow Set
  6. Cavan Reel Set (described by Kells Set Dancers)
  7. Mullahoran Set
  8. Laragh Set
  9. Munterconnaught Set (Judith McQuaid Cavan Reel)
  10. Clare Orange and Green Set
  11. Clare Plain Reel Set
  12. Corofin Plain Set
  13. Clare Plain Polka Set
  14. Kilfenora Plain Set
  15. Lough Graney Set – Full Set & Half Set
  16. Clare Lancers Set
  17. Caledonian Set
  18. West Clare Caledonian Set
  19. Long Caledonian Set
  20. Labasheeda Reel Set
  21. Clare Mazurka set
  22. Paris Set (Labasheeda area)
  23. Ballykeale Set
  24. Lakyle Set (early version of Pairs Set)
  25. Meelick Polka Set
  26. Mullagh Half Set
  27. Ardgroom Polka Set (West Cork)
  28. Auban Set
  29. Baile Bhúirne Jig Set or Ballyvourney Jig (West Cork)
  30. Baile Bhúirne Reel Set (West Cork)
  31. Ballinascarty Half Set (Southwest Cork)

FEBURARY

  1. Black Valley Square Jig Set (Kenmara Cork/Kerry border)
  2. Borlin Set
  3. Dunmanway Set
  4. The Jenny Lind Set
  5. Newmarket Meserts
  6. Newmarket Plain Set
  7. Skibbereen Set
  8. Sliabh Luachra Set (Kerry/Cork/Limerick)
  9. Ballingeary Jig Set
  10. Borlin Jenny Reel Set
  11. Mealagh Valley Jig Set (West Cork Plain Set)
  12. Merlin Victoria Jig Set
  13. Set of Erin
  14. Victoria Jig Set
  15. Ath A’Caoire Set
  16. Cape Clear Set 
  17. Mealagh Valley Jig Set (west cork)
  18. Sliabh Fraoch Set
  19. West Cork Plain Set
  20. Aghina Jig Set
  21. Allow Set
  22. Coomhola Set
  23. Cork Jig Set
  24. Grenach Set
  25. North Cork Polka Set
  26. Glengarriff Reel Set
  27. Seit Doire Cholmcille (composted by Frank Roddy)
  28. Tory Island Lancers Set

MARCH

  1. Donegal Set
  2. Tory Island Set
  3. Fintown Set
  4. Inisowen Lancers
  5. Down Lancers Set
  6. Down Quadrilles (probably closed to the original first set of Quadrilles from 1816)
  7. Carryduff Set
  8. Narrow Water Set
  9. Dublin Set
  10. Molly Malone Set (Tony Slevin)
  11. Fermanagh Quadrilles
  12. Fermanagh Set
  13. South Galway Reel Set
  14. East Galway Reel Set (short)
  15. East Galway Reel Set (long)
  16. Knocktopher Polka Set
  17. Loughraney Set
  18. Roscahill Set
  19. Williamstown Set (Roscommon-Galway border)
  20. Moycullen Set (revived for competition)
  21. Shrule Set (Mayo / Galway)
  22. Aran Set – Inis Mór recorded by Séamus O Méalóid
  23. Connemara Reel Set
  24. Fréres Nantais (Connemara Jig Set) (originally danced as a half set)
  25. Claddagh Set
  26. Inis Meáin Set
  27. Inis Oirr Set
  28. Black Valley Square Jig Set (Kenmara Cork/Kerry border)
  29. Caragh Lake Jig Set
  30. Glencar Polka Set
  31. Kenmare Polka Set

APRIL

  1. North Kerry Set
  2. Portmagee Jig Set (Meserts)
  3. Sliabh Luachra Set (Kerry/Cork/Limerick)
  4. South Kerry Set
  5. Televara Set (Kerry?)
  6. Valentina Right and Left Set (south kerry) youtube
  7. West Kerry Set
  8. Kilgarvan Polka Set
  9. Sneem Set
  10. Bonane Set
  11. Brandon / Cloghane Set (?)
  12. Lispole Set
  13. North Kerry Plain Set (Kerry / West Limerick)
  14. Ballyhahill Half Set (West Limerick / North Kerry)
  15. Ballyheigue Reel & Set
  16. Ballysteen Half Set (Limerick / Kerry)
  17. Camp Set (John Chambers Kerry)
  18. Foilmore Set
  19. Listowel Set
  20. Mid Kerry Set
  21. Six Crosses Half Set (also can be a full set)
  22. Ballyduff Half Set 
  23. North Kerry Plain Set
  24. Kildare Set
  25. Nass Set (Kildare composted Marie Kelly) 
  26. Allenwood Set
  27. Kilkenny Lancers Set
  28. Kilkenny Quadrilles (Half Set)
  29. Kilkenny Quadrilles (Full Set)
  30. Durrow Threshing Set

MAY

  1. Ballyroan Half Set
  2. Wolfhill Set
  3. Ballyfin Set 
  4. Leitrim Set
  5. Tournafulla Set
  6. Ballycommon Set (East Limerick / Tipperary)
  7. Limerick Orange and Green Set
  8. Sliabh Luachra Set (Kerry/Cork/Limerick)
  9. Dromgarriff Half Set
  10. Hurry The Jug (danced straight though)
  11. Knocknaboul Set
  12. West Limerick Polka Set
  13. Lyratourigh Set
  14. Tournafulla Reel, Jig & Set
  15. Ballinvreenagh Set (Tipperary / Limerick)
  16. Ballyhahill Half Set (West Limerick / North Kerry)
  17. Ballysteen Half Set (Limerick / Kerry)
  18. Longford Set
  19. Longford Set (revised p.123 Apples in Winter)
  20. Rinkinstown Set (John and Sheila McEvoy)
  21. Laois Lancers Set (Maurren Culliton)
  22. Termonfeckin Lancers (John and Sheila McEvoy Mairead Devane)
  23. Ballycroy
  24. Derradda Set
  25. Newport Set (received from the Newport Dancers)
  26. Cuilmore Set
  27. Glencorrib Set (second version in Apples in Winter)
  28. Hollymount Set
  29. Kildownet Half Set (Achill Island)
  30. Mayo Lancers Set
  31. Shramore Set

JUNE

  1. Tyrawley Set
  2. Ballinrobe set
  3. Ballycastle Set
  4. East Mayo Set
  5. Kilmeena Set
  6. Kilrush Caledonian Set
  7. Louisburgh Set
  8. Skirdagh Set
  9. Ardach Set
  10. Garymore Set
  11. Kilmaine Set
  12. Kiltimagh Set
  13. Shrule Set (Mayo / Galway)
  14. Turlough Set
  15. Boherhalagh Set
  16. Inisturk Half Set
  17. Lahardane Set
  18. Meath Half Set
  19. Boyne Set (?)
  20. Slip and Slide Polka Set
  21. Monaghan Set
  22. Gillen Set
  23. Cloghan Set
  24. Killyon Set
  25. Lusmagh Set
  26. Birr Set
  27. Rahan Set
  28. Roscommon Lancers Set
  29. Keadue Lancers Set (Keadue is where O’Carolan is from)
  30. Williamstown Set (Roscommon-Galway border)

JULY

  1. Corballa Set (Gerard Butler, Roscommon)
  2. Shannon Gaels Set
  3. South Sligo Lancers Set
  4. Tubbercurry Lancers Set
  5. Cloonagh Lancers Set
  6. Sligo Set
  7. Ballycomman Set
  8. Castle Set or Cashel Set
  9. Tipperary Lancers Set
  10. Nedinagh Set
  11. Aherlow Set
  12. Ballagh Plain Half Set
  13. Lorrha / Aglish Set (Tipperary / Waterford)
  14. Newcastle Set
  15. Seit Dúrlas Eile (Michael Longhname)
  16. Ballinvreenagh Set (Tipperary / Limerick)
  17. D’Albert’s Set (french dancing master Charles D’Albert)
  18. Templebeg Set
  19. Metal Bridge Lancers Set (Pat Murphy)
  20. Nine Mile House Lancers
  21. Blacktown Set
  22. Melleray Lancers Set
  23. Sliabh GCua Set
  24. Clashmore Set
  25. Lorrha / Aglish Set (Tipperary / Waterford )
  26. Rathgormac Lancer Set
  27. Black Hill Set
  28. Dungarvan Polka Set
  29. Gortroe Set
  30. Dungarvan Half Set
  31. Knockanore Set

AUGUST

  1. Moate Set
  2. Doraheen Set
  3. Wexford Half Set
  4. Ballyduff Set
  5. Coolnabeason Set (Helen Kealy, Waterford)
  6. Kilmyshall Set (Martin Carroll Wexford)
  7. West Waterford Set
  8. Glencree Set
  9. Glengarriff Polka Set (short)
  10. Glengarriff Polka Set (long)
  11. Wicklow Set
  12. Port Fairy Set (Australia) (Fay McAlinden)
  13. The Flight of the Earls set
  14. Antrim Square
  15. Seit Doire Cholmcille (Frank Roddy)
  16. Ibiza Set (Mick Kelly and Maureen Halpin)
  17. Limerick Tumblers Set (Terry Moylan)
  18. Molly’s Waltz Cotillion (Fay McAlinden)
  19. Seit Dúrlas Eile (Michael Longhname)
  20. Borrowed Set (Paul Carr)
  21. Camp Set (John Chambers Kerry)
  22. Canberra Crooked Chain Set (Paul Carr)
  23. Casuarina Waltz Quadrille (John Short)
  24. Charlestown Set (Julia Smith)
  25. Coolnabeason Set (Helen Kealy, Waterford)
  26. Drumbo Lancers Set (Teresa Quigg)
  27. Corballa Set (Gerard Butler, Roscommon)
  28. Hunter Valley Set (James Garner)
  29. Kavaneg Set (Jean-Luc Béguignon
  30. Kilmyshall Set (Martin Carroll Wexford)
  31. Lucan Set (Tom Casserly)

SEPTEMBER

  1. Merchant Set (Padraig McEneany)
  2. Rinkinstown Set (John and Sheila McEvoy)
  3. Southern Cross Set (Des Jackson)
  4. Ainsworth Set (Charlie Kiely 2017)
  5. An Sean Chistin Set (Maureen Culleton)
  6. Ardbraccan Set (Willie Farnhan)
  7. Ardcar Set (Ashley Ray and Dany richard)
  8. Barnane Jig Set (? Pat? Composed 2017 and presented at Connie Ryan Set Dancing Weekend 2018)
  9. Battle of Affane Set (Amie Landers)
  10. Carrowbeg Set (Pat Murphy?)
  11. Croisloch Set (Padraig McEneany)
  12. Cross of the Commons Set (Joan Pollard Carew)
  13. Five Books Set (Paul Carr)
  14. Foxhunters Set (Maura Tynan)
  15. Heiligenberg Set (Sonke Speck)
  16. Jack Canny Half Set (Nora Stewart)
  17. Laois Lancers Set (Maurren Culliton)
  18. Lough Allen Set (Pat Murphy)
  19. Manchester Set (Charlie Kiely)
  20. Metal Bridge Lancers Set (Pat Murphy)
  21. Molly Malone Set (Tony Slevin)
  22. Sceilg Rock Set (Muiris Ó Briain)
  23. Seit Chamuis (Seamus Ó Mealóid)
  24. Sidmouth Set (Gerard Butler)
  25. Termonfeckin Lancers (John and Sheila McEvoy Mairead Devane)
  26. Wessex Set (Basingstoke Set Dancers)
  27. Harvest Dance Set
  28. Inverness South Square Set
  29. Souris Set
  30. Lot Seven Set

OCTOBER

  1. Truro Waltz Quadrilles
  2. Cleveland Set (dancers from Mayo and Galway)
  3. Waltz Cotillion
  4. Pride of Erin
  5. Royal Cotillion
  6. Cratone Set (?)
  7. Cúchulainn Set (?)
  8. Nass Set (Kildare composted Marie Kelly) 
  9. Australian Half Set (thought to have Irish roots)
  10. Port Fairy Set (Australia / Northern Ireland)
  11. Long Island Set (Mayo / Long Island / lively west of Ireland style)
  12. Cuirassiers Set (Michael Tubridy & Brooks Academy original from manuscript English)
  13. Arcades of Bologna Set 
  14. Blackglen Set – Betty McCoy, Maira O’Leary, Michael Tubridy
  15. Casteletown Set (2020 Pat Murphy?)
  16. Iveragh Millenium Set (Matt Joe O’Neill)
  17. Laniuish Set (Mairéad Casey, Michelle Casey, Johnnie & Maura Duffy)
  18. Limestone Plain set (Paul Wayper)
  19. Old Mill Lancers (Pat Murphy)
  20. Ormond Set (Pat Murphy)
  21. Philadelphia Set 
  22. Rimini Set

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