Ryan G. Duns (Ryan G. Duns, SJ)
My name is Ryan Duns, SJ and I am a priest of the Society of Jesus [www.jesuit.org]. I am presently living and working in Boston where I am studying for a PhD in theology at Boston College.
I created this channel when I was studying philosophy and theology at Fordham University. While there, I also taught the course "Introduction to the Irish Tin Whistle."
I look at teaching music as a form of evangelization. As as my heart has been moved by the gospel, so too has it been moved by Irish music. As I have found a voice to testify to the Good News through years of prayer and study, so also have I found a voice in the tradition of Irish music through years of practice.
The goal of these lessons isn't to teach you neat tin whistle tricks. It is to help you carve out your own space in a much larger tradition, to claim a voice through which you can express yourself and add to the rich fabric of the tradition.
Tripping Up the Stairs: Marquette University
Swallowtail Jig
The Butlers of Glen Avenue (Jig): Marquette University's Irish Tune
Tar Road to Sligo: Marquette University's Irish Tune....so far, of 2022!
King of the Pipers (Franc A'Phoill) Jig
Salamanca Reel: Marquette University Irish Tune of the Week
Monaghan Jig: Marquette University Irish Tune
The Colleraine Jig: Marquette University Tune of the Week
The King of the Fairies (Hornpipe)
Smash the Windows: Marquette University
Otter's Holt Reel: Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week
Father O'Flynn Jig: Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week
Star of Munster: Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week
Carraroe Jig: Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week
Marquette University's Irish Tune: Lad O'Beirne's Reel
Ornamenting Cooley's Reel - for Kris
Si Bheag, Si Mohr
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: The Banshee (Reel)
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: The Wise Maid
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: John Ryan's Polka
Marquette University Irish Tune of the Week: Poll Ha'Penny
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Kitty Goes a-milking (Reel)
Marquette University's Irish Tin Tune of the Week: The West Clare Railway
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Bonnie Ann's Reel
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: The Drunken Landlady
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Sean Reid's Reel
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Langstrom's Pony (Jig)
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Tom Billy's Jig
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Old Joe's Jig
Marquette University's Irish Tune of the Week: Micho Russell's (Reel)