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Josephine Keegan's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 6th 2003 by banjaxbanjo.

This tune has been added to 37 tunebooks.

Also known as The Gates Of Mullagh, Ronnie Cooper, Ronnie Cooper's, Ronnie Coopers'.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Barking Mad by Four Men And A Dog
Clare Accordion by Seamus Walshe
Ebony And Brass by Marc Pollier
Feenish Legacy by Marcus Hernon And Padraic Coyne
Giorraíonn Beirt Bóthar by Bóthar Na Sop
In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
Live In Concert by Brid Harper And Dermot Byrne
Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
The Humors Of Glin by Martin Mulvihill
The Keegan's Tunes (Disc One) by Josephine Keegan
The Keegan's Tunes (Disc Two) by Josephine Keegan
The Pure Box by Colin Nea
Traditional Irish Music From Boston by The Magic Square
Traditional Music From Doolin, Co. Clare by Kevin Griffin
Up She Flew by Dana Lyn

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Josephine Keegan's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:dD (3DDD ADFuA| gfed cded| BE ~E2 gfed|cdec Augfe|
vdDFuA BcdB| gfed cdeg| fg (3agf gfed|1cueag fddc:|2cueag fdduf||
afvduf afba| gevcue gfga| fdAd fgaf| gevcue ^gaa=g|
fgef dAvFuA| BG (3GAG EFGE| FuA (3ABA GEed| cAvGE EDD2:|

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This is one of Josephine Keegan's tunes.

# Posted on December 6th 2003 by banjaxbanjo

I requested a tune and all I knew was it was by Josephine keegan - this is the one I meant. Its really a gorgeous tune! Thanks for posting it!

# Posted on December 6th 2003 by shoddy fiddle player

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You may be intersted to know that Josephine brought out a book of her tunes last year, accompanied by a 2-CD recording featuring herself (of course, no show without Punch!) and many of the musicians she now plays with regularly in Mullaghbawn and Camlough and the like.

I've posted links to disc one here http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/532

and to disc two here http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display.php/533

I'll rifle through the book and see which name Josephine herself gives to this tune.

# Posted on December 7th 2003 by Aidan Crossey

Gates of Mullagh

I first heard this wonderful tune on a cassette tape of a gig by fiddler Brid Harper. She called it "Gates of Mullagh" and attibuted authorship to Josephine Keegan.

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by radriano

Josephine Keegan tune

Apparently this tune is not the "Gates of Mullagh." I saw an online ad for Josephine Keegan's book "The Keegan Tunes" and included on the site were transcriptions of three tunes from the book, one of which was Gates of Mullagh.

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by radriano

The correct title is ...

Ronnie Cooper ... 3rd tune in 2002's Ceol Camloch publication "The Keegan Tunes".

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by Aidan Crossey

She is a real talent for tunes, her stuff is inspiring!

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by shoddy fiddle player

Keegan's tunes

I've posted another of Josephine's tunes recently Glassdrummond - a march, http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1422

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by Aidan Crossey

Just wondering ...

How can we get the "other name" Gates of Mullagh struck from the record for this tune, since the "real" Gates of Mullagh has now been posted?

# Posted on December 10th 2003 by Aidan Crossey

Aliases

The person who submits a tune can edit the details at any time.

However, this tune is referred to (albeit erronously) as The Gates Of Mullagh on at least one recording so I think the alias should stay. Someone who has heard that recording and is looking for this tune might well search for "The Gates Of Mullagh" and it would be a good thing if the search brought back first The (real) Gates Of Mullagh and secondly this tune (with the title Josephine Keegan's in parenthises).

Try searching for The Gates Of Mullagh and you'll see what I mean.

# Posted on December 10th 2003 by Jeremy

Josephine Keegan tune

I've just received a copy of Josephine Keegan's tunebook and this tune is listed under the title of "Ronnie Cooper."

# Posted on December 29th 2003 by radriano

Another tune with the name josephine keegan's

Hi,

I found another tune with the name "josephine Keegan's "

T: Josephine Keegan's
S: "Barking Mad" - 4 Men and a Dog
Z: B.Black
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G

# Posted on February 24th 2004 by vandewattyne

Ronnie cooper's as played by sylvain barou

here we are, version as played by sylvain barou on workshop in dranouter (B) dec. 2004:

T: ronnie cooper's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:dDDG FDFA|gfed B/c/d ed|BEEE gfed|cdec AGFE|
D2FA B3d|g2ed B/c/d eg|fggf gfed||1 ceag fdd2:|2 ceag fdfg||
|:afdf a3b|gece g3e|fdAd fgaf|eAce a3g|
fdec dAFA|BG3 EGFE|FDFA GBed|1 cAGE EDfg:|2 cAGE EDD2||

# Posted on December 13th 2004 by MM

T:Ronnie Cooper's
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
R:reel
Z:gian-marco pietrasanta
K:D
|dDDG FDFA|gfed B/c/d ed|BEEf gfed|cdec Agfe|
dDFA B>BBf|gfed Bcde|fAdf gfed|1ceag fddc:|2ceag fdda||:
afdf adba|gece g>gge|fdAd fgaf|eAB/c/d afge|
eddc dAFA|BGGG EFGE|FDFA Gfed|1cAGE EDDf:|2cAGE EDDc|

# Posted on December 26th 2005 by gian marco

"Ronnie Cooper" ~ Josephine Keegan's own name for it, an other transcript

Key signature: D Major
Submitted on December 25th 2005 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5356

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Ronnie Cooper" ~ by Josephine Keegan

The following is a transcript of hers, not hugely different from the one given here, minus the bowings and showing the few differences for comparison with the various transcriptions here:

# Posted on February 14th 2007 by ceolachan

"Ronnie Cooper" ~ by Josephine Keegan ~ Comhaltas

"Josephine Keegan has composed a powerful reel , named Ronnie Cooper, in honor of the great man. It is currently being profiled as tune of the week over in the comhaltas site, complete with video of musicians playing it, plus the notation."

# Posted on May 21st 2007 by tommy fegan

Thanks for the heads up Tommy ~

Two reels composed by Josephine Keegan played by Clare musicians Michael O’Rourke, All-Ireland senor fiddle champion in 2004, and button accordionist Larry Gavin. Piano accompaniment is by Deirdre McSherry from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. The tunes are “The Gates of Mullagh” and “Ronnie Cooper’s””, which is this week’s tutorial.

video:
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_207_4_clare_musicians/

tutorial / sheetmusic:
http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/ronnie_coopers_reel/

# Posted on May 25th 2007 by ceolachan