John Ryan’s
Also known as
40 Pound FloatArmaghThe ArmaghThe D DHills Of ConnemaraJack Ryan'sJohnny Ryan'sKeadueThe KeadueRyan'sSean Ryan's
Key
D Major
Type
Polka
Level
BIA
Instrument
Irish Flute
About this tune
Among the most commonly played polkas at sessions, this D-major tune carries a tangle of titles — Sean Ryan's, the Armagh, the Keadue. Planxty established its now-standard pairing with Denis Murphy's Polka on "Cold Blow and the Rainy Night" (1974), and Gaelic Storm later carried it to a far wider audience in the steerage dance scene of the film Titanic.
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Lesson segments
- 1:10
- 4:49
- 4:05
- 1:53
Heard on these recordings
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Ceoltóirí CultúrlainneFoinn Seisiún 1
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