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Rooney's Favourite

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 3rd 2004 by petemay.

This tune has been added to 28 tunebooks.

Also known as Mike Cooney's Fancy, Mike Cooney's Favourite, Paddy Fahey's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
Absolutely Irish by Various Artists
An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn by Angelina Carberry And Martin Quinn
Around The World For Sport by The Doon Céilí Band
Autumn Apples by Pat McNulty
Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
Beeswax Sheepskin by Beeswax Sheepskin
Cairde by Various Artists
Celtic Fire by John Whelan
Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
Chasing The Dawn by Jenny Crook And Henry Sears
Coleman's Cross: Tradtional Irish Music From County Sligo by Philip Duffy
Drive The Cold Winter Away by Horslips
Faoi Bhlath by Dave Sheridan, Ciaran Somers, Nicolas Quemener
Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
Fire In The Air by Bobbi Nikles With Kyle Alden, Paul Kotapish, Maureen Brennan, Julian Smedley, Cindy Browne, Shira Kammen And David Morris
Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Various Artists
Green Energy by The Irish Experience
House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
In Stitches by The Flying Toads
Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
Links by Silver Arm
Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
Making Time by Liz Knowles
Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
My Book Of Songs by Kathleen Collins
Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
Paddy In The Smoke by Various Artists
Potsticks by Sean Moloney
Raise The Rafters by Molly's Revenge
Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
Selection Box by Conor McCarthy And Alph Duggan
Side By Side by Liz And Yvonne Kane
Soh It Is by Craobh Rua
Song Of The Chanter by Various Artists
Stepping Stones by Juniper
Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
The Friendly Visit by Frank Brunel And Vincent Rosinach
The Hop Down by Breda Keville
The Irwin Lake Sessions by Shannon Quinn
The Leitrim Equation 2 by Various Artists
The Mad Skeleton by Fianna
The Mighty Box by Luke Daniels
The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
The Tocane Concerts by Various Artists
The Well Tempered Bow by Liz And Yvonne Kane
The Wind Among The Reeds by Tommy Keane And Jaqueline McCarthy
Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn
Traditional Fiddle Music From County Clare by Vincent Griffin
Traditional Irish Music by Setanta
Traditional Irish Music From County Clare by Martin Vaughan
Two Miles To Tulla by Larry Gavin, Micheál O'Rourke And Charlie Lennon
Under The Diamond by Liz And Yvonne Kane
Weeds In The Garden by Muintir Lewis
Wintering Out by Simon Bradley And Luke Plumb
With Complements by Patsy Reid

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Rooney's Favourite

This is the last tune on the album 'Angelina Carberry and Martin Quinn'.

The last two notes of the first bar can be attractively varied at will by substituting ge for AA

Plenty of room for simple or complex ornamentation at the sign of the ~ .

# Posted on September 3rd 2004 by petemay

Nice tune, Pete. Definitely one to add to the immediate playlist. Thanks.

# Posted on September 4th 2004 by Will Harmon

Mike Cooney's Fancy

Here's how Liz and Yvonne Kane play this on their cd, Under the Diamond. Their liner notes say Eileen O'Brien gave them this name for the tune and said her father, Paddy O'Brien, wrote the tune,

X: 1
T: Mike Cooney's Fancy
C: Paddy O'Brien
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
D: Under the Diamond, Liz and Yvonne Kane
K: Gmaj
D|:GAB cAA|dcA G2g|gfd cAG|ADE FGA|
B2 G c{d}cA|dcA dfa|~g3 afd|cAF G2 D:||
GBd ~g3|dBG GAB|c2 =f fef|cAc =fcA|
d2 g {a}gfg|dcA =f2 a|gfd cAF|GAG G2 D|
GBd ~g3|dBG GAB|c2 =f fef|cAc =fcA|
B2 d c2 A|dcA dfa|~g3 afd|cAF G2 D||

# Posted on May 27th 2005 by Will Harmon

This tune is actually recorded as "Paddy Fahey's" on Angelina Carberry & Martin Quinn's duet album. "Rooney's Favourite" is the other tune of the same track.

# Posted on May 27th 2005 by slainte

"The Compositions of Paddy O'Brien"

J.D.C. Publications Litd., 1992

Page 9: "Mike Cooney's Fancy"

# Posted on December 2nd 2005 by ceolachan

Comhaltas notes that "Mike Cooney was the drummer in Paddy O’Brien’s Ormond Céilí Band, which won four All-Ireland titles, including the three-in-a-row 1979/1980/1981 and again in 1984."

# Posted on June 6th 2008 by alec b

Mairéad Corridan from Co. Limerick (concertina) plays this tune followed by "The Humours Of Ballyloughlin."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVdxnya3bKY&feature=user

# Posted on June 29th 2008 by Phantom Button

Rooney's Favourite on "A. Carberry and M. Quinn"

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8869

# Posted on September 3rd 2008 by slainte

Mike Cooney's Fancy

Here's a mighty rendition of the tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwG9IxkAubs

# Posted on November 14th 2009 by slainte