Ginley's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on August 29th 2003 by dafydd.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as The Starry Lane To Monaghan, Tom Ginley's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• At Reavy's House by Jim Eagan
• Comas by Comas
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• The Starry Lane To Monaghan by Fintan Vallely
• The Steeplechase by Brendan Mulvihill And Donna Long

X: 1
T: Ginley's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:GEBE E2EF|~G3B AED2|GEBE GA (3Bcd|(3efg fg ed (3Bcd|
|GEEF G2BE|~G3B AFD2|G2BG FGAF||1 EFGA BEEF:|2 EFGA BEef||
|:gbef gbeg|fdd^c dfaf|~g3z gfeg|fedB ~e3z|
geBA ^GA (3Bcd|^cdeg fdd2|(3gab eg fedB||1 dBAF ~e3f:|2 dBAF ~E3z||

Ginley's #1

Richard Abrams sent me this,it came out of my printer a little blurred,but I think that I managed to decipher it.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Reavy tune

Hi, this is a version of The Starry Lane to Monaghan by Ed Reavy.

Jim

# Posted on March 29th 2004 by skerries

Ginley

There seems to be a bar (bar 7 A-part) missing.
B-part needs repeats, can you fix this jocklet?

# Posted on March 30th 2004 by MM

Ginley's #1

I've edited the abc and pasted in a better version that a member called Maarten sent me,but the sheet music hasn't changed.

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

Starry lane to monaghan

skerries, you're completly spot on,
this is the version from the reavy-site, just some slight variations from J-M Veillon's version on 'er pasker':

X:61
T:The Starry Lane to Monaghan
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Barnagrove is near the Monaghan border.
N:On a starry night, so the story goes, one
N:could look down this lane and see clear through
N:to the neighboring county. Ed's mother came
N:from Monaghan. To this day, he has a special
N:fondness for Monaghan people.
K:G
EF||:GEBE eEBE|GFGB AFDF|GEB,E GABd|(3efg fg ed^cd|
BEEF GEB,E|GFGB AFEF|GABG FGAF|1 EFGA BEEF:|2EFGA BEEf||
||:gbef gbeg|fdd^c defa|gbef g2 fe|defd Beef|
geBA ^GABd|^cdeg fddf|(3gab eg fe^ce|1 dBAF E2 ef:|2 dBAF E2||

# Posted on March 30th 2004 by MM

Starry lane to monaghan

It's great to know finally who composed this fantastic tune. I'vd never heard it been played until my friends learnt it last year from Paddy Ryan. a great tune on the fiddle!! its not very well known though unfortunately.

# Posted on May 18th 2007 by caitríona