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Barr Na Cuille reel

By Néilidh (Neil) Mulligan

Also known as Barnacoola, Barr Na Chuille, Barr Na Cuile, Bornacoola, Top The Hound.

There are 13 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Barr Na Cuille has been added to 3 tune sets.

Barr Na Cuille has been added to 44 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Barr Na Cuille
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A|:FA (3ABA Bddg|fAdf efdA|FA (3ABA GBde|1 (3fed ef dBAG:|2 (3fed ef d3e||
|:(3fed af g2 bg|faag fedd|1 (3fed af gbag|fdef d3e:|2 fdfa bbag|fedc d3||
2
X: 2
T: Barr Na Cuille
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FA~A2 Bddg|~f2df ecdA|DFAF GBdg|1 fdec deAG:|2 fdec dfag||
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|faag ~b3g|fdec deag|
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|(3fga af ~b3g|fdec dFAG||
3
X: 3
T: Barr Na Cuille
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
FA A2 Bddg|f2 df ecdA|DFAF GBdg|fdec deAG|
FA A2 Bddg|f2 df ecdA|DFAF GBdg|fdec dfag||
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|faag b3g|fdec deag|
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|(3fga af b3g|fdec dFAG||
# Added by JACKB .

Six comments

According to the liner notes of Neil Mulligan’s album of the same name, this is one of his compositions.

Composer’s version

X: 1
T: Barr Na Cuille
C: Neil Mulligan
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
FA~A2 Bddg|~f2df ecdA|DFAF GBdg|1 fdec deAG:|2 fdec dfag||
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|faag ~b3g|fdec deag|
faaf gbbg|(3fga af gedg|(3fga af ~b3g|fdec dFAG||

Re: Barr Na Cuille

This is remarkably similar to The Merry Lads of Foss https://thesession.org/tunes/12979
I don’t think it’s anything more than a coincidence, however.

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Re: Barr Na Cuille

If needed, and to confirm what Jon Kiparsky said 17 years ago (!), this tune is a composition by Néilidh Mulligan, as one can read in the liner notes of “Notes from the Heart”, an album of the Mulcahy family.