The Gates Of Mullagh reel

Also known as Keegan’s.

There are 10 recordings of this tune.

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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