Gneevgullia

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on August 6th 2002 by Will CPT.

This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Also known as Considine's Grove, The Gneevguillia, The Gneevgullia, Molly The Pride Of Rathmore, Pride Of Rathmore, The Pride Of Rathmore, Rabbit's Burrow, The Rabbit's Burrow.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Are You Willing? by Tabache
Brighid's Kiss by Lá Lugh
Ceol As Sliabh Luachra by Julia Clifford And Billy Clifford
Cornerstone by Celtic Spring
Cosa Gan Bhroga by Eithne Ni Uallachain, Gerry O'Connor And Desi Wilkinson
Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
Happy Days by Trad Lads
House Party by Máire O'Keefe
Music From Co.Leitrim by Packie Duignan And Seamus Horan
Saffron And Blue by Manus McGuire
Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever by Sarah McFadyen And Kris Drever
The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
The Thing Itself by Maeve Donnelly And Peadar O'Loughlin
Tippin' Away by Damien Connolly And Pete Mancuso

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Gneevgullia Reel

I first learned this off the playing of Mary Bergin on Feadoga Stain 2, and then picked up some more fiddle friendly variations from whistlers Gerry Conroy and Mary Rafferty on "The Road from Ballinakill" cd (where they call this tune The Pride of Rathmore).

Gneevgullia is a village in Co. Kerry, east of Killarney. Rathmore is a bit bigger town also in C. Kerry and very near Gneevgullia. There must be something in the local water to produce such a good tune....

So, we've got a three-part reel here. The A part has this strong pulse to it that really gets people rocking even at moderate tempos. The beat comes on those long G's in the first two measures, so don't be shy about leaning into them. If your rolls aren't clean yet, just play those ~E3 rolls as |E2 EF G2...|

The B part is fairly straightforward. On fiddle, I slur the triplets in measures 1 and 5, and you could also leave them out entirely (|efed Bdef|). The 4th measure of the B part usually hangs on the high e: |fedf e3 f|, and whistle and flute players typically roll the e there.

At first, the C part might strike your ears as stolen from another tune--we've suddenly jumped into G major. But then it swings back into familiar Gneevgullia territory for the last two bars. You can play the first measure: |GBdg e2 dB| or |GBdg eBdB|, and the second measure could be de-tripleted by playing |ADFD FGAc| or |AFDE FGAc|, although I tend to think that if you can't fit the triplets in on these two measures, you're probably playing too fast. On fiddle I slur the (3ege triplet and then single bow the (3FED triplet.

# Posted on August 6th 2002 by Will CPT

Gneevgullia reel

Nice tune - I especially like the C part.It take you by suprise,and works really well.

# Posted on August 6th 2002 by Christopher Reynolds

Gneevgullia Reel

A very dynamic version of this reel under the name of Considine's Grove is on the excellent album "Bridhid's Kiss" by fiddler Gerry O'Connor & fluter/vocalist Eithne N� Uallach�in. I find the key change in the 3rd part of the reel very uplifting.

# Posted on August 6th 2002 by radriano

Kevin Burke plays it without the last part on If the Cap Fits, under the name of Paddy Cronin's.
It always throws me on the rare occasion when I hear it in a session, because the two-part version, being the one I heard first, is lodged in my brain.

# Posted on August 7th 2002 by granama

Two tunes in one

This tune is the result of two tunes that used to be played together according to Clare fiddler, Joe Murtaugh. He says that the first two parts are the tune, "Pride of Rathmore," but someone couldn't remember all of the second tune, "The Girls Of Farranfore," and what could be remembered became a 3rd part.

Gian Marco has just posted this tune here; http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/4026

# Posted on December 30th 2004 by Phantom Button

Gneevgullia and the Gamme of love

I 've just been listening to Jackie Daly and Seamus Creagh first album. I think that the second tune of track#10 is a two part version of Gneevgullia Reel. They call it The Game of Love. Anyone can confirm ?

# Posted on December 23rd 2005 by Pierre Commes

"The Pride of Rathmore"

|: ED |
E3 F G2 EF | GBAG FD (3DEF |
EDEF GFGB | dBAc BE :|
|: Ed |
efed (3B^cd eg | fdd^c dfaf |
[1 efed Bde^c | dBAc BE E2 :|
[2 bg (3agf gfe^c | dBAc BE ||

This is just one of a number of possibilities...

# Posted on February 27th 2006 by ceolachan

"The Pride of Rathmore" / "The Girls of Farranfore"

http://www.cranfordpub.com/

http://www.cranfordpub.com/tunes/Irish/Rathmore_Farranfore.htm

# Posted on February 27th 2006 by ceolachan

The Pride of Rathmore

Another take:

K: Emin
E3F G2EF|GBAG FDDF|EDEF GFGB|1 dBAF BEED:|2 dBAF BE~E2||
efed (3B^cd ef|geag fddf|efed Bdeg|fedf ~e3d|
Bded (3B^cd ef|~g3e fddf|~g3e dfed|B2AF BFAF||

I learned the tune from Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin's duet playing, and changed it a little to suit my fancy. Great tune!

# Posted on February 27th 2006 by slainte

there is a very beautiful three-part version by london concertina player mandy murray on the three-cd concertina anthology titled "anglo international."

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceemonster

sorry---the murray concertina version is titled "the game of love."

# Posted on April 30th 2007 by ceemonster

The Pride of Rathmore

Here's a great fiddle version of this tune (2nd in the set):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWXzVNzOuzM

# Posted on March 30th 2008 by smw