The official handbook, A/r Rinci/ Fo/irne (the slash "/" after a letter represents a "fada" diacritical mark over the letter), of The Irish Dance Commission (An Coimisiu/n le Rinci/ Gaelacha) specifies that it should be danced to jigs (specifically, double jigs.) But I have heard recordings of dance music where they play single reels (tunes like "The Rakes of Mallow" and "Ger the Rigger", which sound somewhat similar to polkas - The Rattlin' Bog would fit right in with this tune type), and at ceilis (at this point, someone will undoubtedly tell me that the plural of ceili is something like "ceilidh", or some such) in the Baltimore MD/Washington DC area (USA), it is always danced to reels.

Don