Has anyone made a thread such as this? If so can you direct me to it. If not, what would those tunes be. Thanks.
Try these for starters:
Bonny Kate
The Milliner’s Daughter
The Flannel Jacket
The Pipe On The Hob
An Buachaillin Bui
East Of Glendart
An Droighnean Donn
The Garden Of Daisies
The Bantry Hornpipe
The Pleasures Of Hope
Smash The Windows
The Drops Of Brandy
The Tenpenny Piece
A Fig For A Kiss
The Mountain Lark
The Sligo Maid’s Lament
The Flax In Bloom
The Tailor’s Twist
Kelly’s Hornpipe
The Ace And Deuce Of Piping
Ken
Pressed for Time
Mcfadden’s Handsome Daughter
Andy Renwick’s Ferret
Catharsis
Farewell to Miltown
Maudabawn Chapel
Frank’s Reel
Zito the Bubbleman
Big John MacNeil
Anything by James Scott Skinner
Beautiful Gortree (no cheating and changing the key!)
Hull’s Reel
Trip to Windsor
The Clumsy Lover…
Or, don’t believe what you read on the internet. Seriously. There’s no “top twenty” tunes you should know. Learn the ones you hear and like, and/or what your friends are playing.
I was really thinking I’d see wards jig, kesh jig, heather breeze, rambling pitchfork etc
Alot of these are tunes I’ve not heard yet. Good research. Thanks. Keep 'em coming in good folks. Cheers
A good place to start is the NPU DVDs. They do include Heather Breeze and Rambling Pitchfork. Rambling pitchfork is a fun pipe tune. It has been recorded a lot and therefore finds its way into common play (or is over-played) but you can find some great variations around because it has been recorded so much. It is also a great tune for practicing your back D to 1st octave F without squeaking.
Top 20!!? Danny Boy and Gift of a Thistle is all you need 
Buy Seamus Ennis Return from Fingal, my top 20 are the first 8 tracks. Something to aspire to.
Cheers,
Ken
I just got it last week, have to play it a few more times, get to know it better, I can tell its great stuff…I seriously can’t see myself ever being that capable no matter how many years, pints or john powers…but I will have a good time working my way along…
I moved from Southern California to Upstate New York in August. The tunes that were popular in L.A. seem to be rarely played here, and those that are popular here were totally unknown to me in L.A. Likewise when I moved from Northern California to Southern.
If you want to be able to play with other local musicians, my advice is to check out sessions in your part of the world, see what people are playing, and work from there. Once you have the basic repertoire of your area under your belt, you can start adding tunes that appeal to you but are not locally popular.
Or you can be like me and just pick the tunes that catch your fancy…
Ken you got em in perfect order. Great tracks. Cheers
Wow track 20 from return from fingal is two reels, Silver Spear and Dublin reel. Amazing playing. Insane talent on this disc.
a great CD
Nobody mentioned good old Rakish Paddy so far 
I love the Dublin Reel on the pipes. It first caught my attention on Seamus Ennis’ tape of Feidlim Tonn Ri’s Castle, or The King of Ireland’s Son. I don’t think any other instrument quite does the tune justice.
It took me all the way to “Frank’s” to figure out you were taking the p. Until then I thought you were either God or Frankie Gavin.
I’m glad someone got it. 
Not all of those are impossible on the pipes. Some are playable but take a fair bit of work and comfort at playing in Amaj.
Sorry it went over my head (and I’m 6’ 10") still too green to know better. I have a few tune books around. There are some zany titles out there that demand learning. I buried my wife and danced on her grave. I’m waiting for Tom Waits complete tune book for uilleann pipes. Cheers