The Starry Lane To Monaghan reel

Richard Abrams sent me this,it came out of my printer a little blurred,but I think that I managed to decipher it.

Hi, this is a version of The Starry Lane to Monaghan by Ed Reavy.

Jim

There seems to be a bar (bar 7 A-part) missing.
B-part needs repeats, can you fix this jocklet?

I’ve edited the abc and pasted in a better version that a member called Maarten sent me,but the sheet music hasn’t changed.

skerries, you’re completly spot on,
this is the version from the reavy-site, just some slight variations from J-M Veillon’s version on ‘er pasker’:

X:61
T:The Starry Lane to Monaghan
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Barnagrove is near the Monaghan border.
N:On a starry night, so the story goes, one
N:could look down this lane and see clear through
N:to the neighboring county. Ed’s mother came
N:from Monaghan. To this day, he has a special
N:fondness for Monaghan people.
K:G
EF||:GEBE eEBE|GFGB AFDF|GEB,E GABd|(3efg fg ed^cd|
BEEF GEB,E|GFGB AFEF|GABG FGAF|1 EFGA BEEF:|2EFGA BEEf||
||:gbef gbeg|fdd^c defa|gbef g2 fe|defd Beef|
geBA ^GABd|^cdeg fddf|(3gab eg fe^ce|1 dBAF E2 ef:|2 dBAF E2||

It’s great to know finally who composed this fantastic tune. I’vd never heard it been played until my friends learnt it last year from Paddy Ryan. a great tune on the fiddle!! its not very well known though unfortunately.

By today’s date, the ABC here is pretty messy (let alone the 23 bars of sheetmusic!).
Go to https://thesession.org/tunes/10169
for a tidier transcription and version.

Barnagrove is near the Monaghan border and on a starry night, as the story goes, one could look down this lane and see clear through to the neighbouring county. Reavy’s mother came from Monaghan and Ed had a special fondness for Monaghan people.

Source:- ‘The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy’ by Joseph M. Reavy

This is by far one of my favourite Reavy compositions, lovely tune all round.

This tune is not in G major. It is in E minor.