Rooney's Favourite

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 3rd 2004 by petemay.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Also known as Mike Cooney's Fancy, 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
• 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
• Basil And Thyme by Breda Smyth
• Battlefield Band by Battlefield Band
• 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
• Far From The Hills Of Donegal by Oisin McAuley
• Fort Of The Jewels by Brian McNamara
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Geantrai - Live Session Recordings From The TV Series by Lynn Saoirse
• House To House by Randal Bays And Roger Landes
• Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
• Links by Silver Arm
• Live From The Katharine Cornell Theater Traditional Irish Music by Lynn Saoirse
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• Masters Of Irish Music by Martin Byrnes
• Memories From The Holla by Peter Carberry, Angelina Carberry And John Blake
• Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy In The Smoke by Lynn Saoirse
• 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
• Soh It Is by Craobh Rua
• Song Of The Chanter by Lynn Saoirse
• Stepping Stones by Juniper
• Strange But True... by Takuji Tamura And Yukio Kashiwagi
• The Hop Down by Breda Keville
• The Next Turn by Trouble In The Kitchen
• The Pipes Are Calling by Peter And Noel Carberry
• 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
• 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

X: 1
T: Rooney's Favourite
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:d|GAB cAA|dcA G2g|gfd cAG|ADE FGA|
~B3 ~c3|dcA ~d3|~g3 afd|cAd G2:|
|:D|GBd gfg|dBG GAB|c2=f fef|~c3 =fcA|
[1d2g gfg|dcA =f3|g=fd cAF|AGF G2:|
[2B2G c2A|dcA ~d3|~g3 afd|cAF G2||

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 CPT

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 CPT

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