The Gates Of Mullagh reel

Also known as Keegan’s.

There are 11 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Ronnie Cooper (a few times) and
Ronnie Cooper’s (a few times).

The Gates Of Mullagh has been added to 36 tunebooks.

Three settings

X: 1
T: The Gates Of Mullagh
R: reel

X: 2
T: The Gates Of Mullagh
R: reel

X: 3
T: The Gates Of Mullagh
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GFGB dBGB|eBdB cBAF|D3E FGAB|cAed cAFA|
Gggf gdBd|eBdB cBAc|Bg~g2 bgag|1 fdcA BGGF:|2 fdcA G4||
|:Bdge dB~B2|cBAG FADF|GABG Aaag|fgag fdcA|
(3Bcd ge dBGB|cBAG FADC|B,DGB Ac~c2|1 dBcA BGGA:|2 dBcA DBBA||

Seven comments

The Gates Of Mullagh

Source : The Keegan Tunes by Josephine Keegan. Published by Ceol Camloch, 2002.

Thanks for posting this tune Aidan - Ive been meaning to learn it for ages! Cheers.

Josephine Keegan’s Tunes

I’ve posted another of Josephine’s tunes recently Glassdrummond - a march, https://thesession.org/tunes/1422

This transcription is identical to a transcript I have of Josephine’s except for the first measure of the A-part, one small difference:

|: D | GFGB dBGB | ~

The Gates Of Mullagh, X:3

Only slightly different. More as played by Michael Clarkson at http://irishflute.podbean.com/e/the-gates-of-mullagh-reel/. But this setting is more fiddley.

The Gates Of Mullagh, X:4

As played by Claire & Ursula Byrne, accompanied by Josephine Keegan herself :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfjGeaxwjeI

play video

Re: The Gates Of Mullagh

https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10219102110042931&id=1211762292&_rdr

second tune

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