Irish Traditional Music Tune Index
Tune ID#391 (Cooley's)

Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Reel32AABBE Dorian
Transcription of first 2 bars of Cooley's
 about these two bars

These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TJC (details in the Discography below).
Titles given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Cooley's / Cooley's Reel / Joe Cooley's Reel / Joe Cooley's / Cooleys / Luttrell's Pass / The Tulla Reel / Ríl na Tulaí (for 7th figure of Taille Mhara Jig Set on MISD 7; 3rd in set The Cooley Set on MOCCH 1) (also in D Minor; also with a 3rd part on MGm, where this tune is presented as a Michael Gorman composition named Put the Cake in the Dresser) (composed by Joe Mills?)

cd Discography

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.

Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). Album details
and contents
19581.22#1[MGm] Michael Gorman. The Sligo Champion. The Fiddle Music of County Sligo. Michael Gorman (fiddle, vocals).View album details
197812#2[NHTL] Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill and Tony Linnane. Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle).View album details
19861#1[TJC] Frankie Gavin and Paul Brock. Ómós do Joe Cooley. A Tribute to Joe Cooley. Frankie Gavin (fiddle), Paul Brock (accordion).View album details
~199411#5[NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. View album details
19969#1[TCB 3] The Tulla Ceili Band. A Celebration of 50 Years. P. J. Hayes (fiddle), Martin Hayes (fiddle), Francis Donnellan (fiddle), Mark Donnellan (fiddle), J. J. Conway (flute), Jennifer Lenihan (flute), Sean Donnelly (accordion), Michael McKee (accordion), Jim Corry (piano), Michael Flanigan (drums).View album details
~1996B.7#2[MISD 7] Donncha Lynch Trio. The Magic of Irish Set Dancing. Vol. 7. Donncha Lynch (accordion), Aogán Lynch (concertina), Donncha Lynch Jr. (guitar).View album details
~199724#2[Shskn 10] Shaskeen. Music for Set Dancing and Listening. Tom Cussen (banjo, mandolin), Benny O'Connor (drums, bodhrán, bongos), Seán Conway (flute, whistle, guitar), Eamonn Cotter (flute), Mike Fahy (guitar), Charlie Harris (accordion), Geraldine Cotter (piano), Carl Hession (piano).View album details
~20029#2[EON] Eoin O'Neill. In Session. Eoin O'Neill (bouzouki, fiddle).View album details
~20059#1[JCt 5] John Carty. I Will If I Can. John Carty (banjo, guitar, fiddle).View album details
~200813#3[MOCCH 1] Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden, Seamie O'Dowd. Crossroads. Máirtín O'Connor (accordion), Cathal Hayden (fiddle, banjo, viola), Seamie O'Dowd (guitar, vocals, bass, mandolin, cabasa).View album details

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

As tune #200 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1.
On page 74 of [FF] David Brody. The Fiddler's Fakebook. [available]
As reel #7 in [MM] Martin Mulvihill. First Collection of Traditional Irish Music.
As tune #170 in [JOL] Terry Moylan. Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra. Dance Music from the Cork-Kerry Border. [available]
In [L] Alan's private loose music.
As tune #27 in [DM 1] Dave Mallinson. 100 Essential Irish Session Tunes. [available]
On page 9 of [M] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. 3rd Edition.
In [FMH] Tom Hastings. The Feis Musicians Handbook [sic].
On page 16 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition.
As reel #46 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. [available]
As reel #49 in [Ng] Alan Ng. Alan Ng's Transcriptions. [available]
As tune #78 in [Raff] Lesl Harker. 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty. [available]
On page 58 of [RM] Randy Miller and Jack Perron. Irish Traditional Fiddle Music. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1958
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