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Pauline Conneely’s reel

By Liz Carroll

Also known as Pauline Conneely’s.

There are 6 recordings of this tune.

Pauline Conneely’s appears in 1 other tune collection.

Pauline Conneely’s has been added to 4 tune sets.

Pauline Conneely's has been added to 68 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Pauline Conneely's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFD|EDCA, G,B,DG|FDAD BDAE|
A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFA|BcAG (3FED CE|DFAD GEFD:|
cAA2 EDCA|cAA2 Bcdc|dGGF GEDe|dGG2 BcdB|
cAA2 EDCD|EDCB, A,CEA|BDAD (3GFG ED|1 CEAB cABd:|2 CEAB cAA2||
2
X: 2
T: Pauline Conneely's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFD|EDCA, G,B,DG|FDAD BDAD|
A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFA|~c2 AG EDCE|DFAD GEFD:|
cAA2 EDCA|cAA2 AB=CA|BGGF GEDG|BGGF GBdB|
cAA2 EDCF|EDCB, A,CEC|DFAF (3GFG ED|1 CEAB cABd:|2 CEAB cAA2||
3
X: 3
T: Pauline Conneely's
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
A,2A,E G,B,DG|FD (3DDD ADFD|EDCA, G,B,DG|FDAD BDAD|
A,2A,A, G,B,DG|FD (3DDD AdFA|c2AG EDCE|1 DFAF GEFD:|2 DFAF GEFA||
|:cAAe EDCE|cAA^G AB=cd|BGGA GEDd|BG (3GGG Bcde|
cA (3AAA EDCF|EDCB, A,CEG|FDAF GGED|1 CEAB ceAB:|2 CEAB cAEC||

Nine comments

From Trian II. A really solid tune. By Liz Carroll.

There’s a few options for bars 4, 8 in first part, and also bar 5 in second part.

Pauline Conneely was a banjo player from Beford according to the sleeve notes in “An Tradisiun Beo” by Angelina carberry.

Pauline Conneely’s Reel

Pauline’s brother Mick Conneely is also a good fiddler, he made an album called Selkie a few years ago.

Conneely Family

The family were brought up in Bedford, although the dad (Mick senior) came from Connemara. Mick himself is a great fiddle player and has a wealth of tunes which obviously had an effect on his children who are all good traditional musicians - in fact Mick joins his son on a couple of tracks on the Silkie CD. His daughter, Bernie plays banjo with the Templehouse Céilí Band while Pauline, as well as being a good musician, is a fine Irish dancer and toured with Comhaltas back in the 1980s. We mustn’t forget Kathleen either who is also very competent on the tin whistle.

Angelina Carberry’s version

Angelina plays a lovely version of this tune on her album “An Tradisiun Beo”. Here’s my rough transcription of it.

A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFD|EDCA, G,B,DG|FDAD BDAD|
A,2EA, G,B,DG|FDD2 ADFA|~c2 AG EDCE|DFAD GEFD:|
cAA2 EDCA|cAA2 AB=CA|BGGF GEDG|BGGF GBdB|
cAA2 EDCF|EDCB, A,CEC|DFAF (3GFG ED|1 CEAB cABd:|2 CEAB cAA2||

I personally prefer Angelina’s version particular with the C natural in part 2.

I might add, that it’s not easy to pick up by ear. There’s a lot of twists in it but I got most of it. Just needed the sheet music to sort out 1 or 2 bars. It’s definitely a good one for training your ear though!

It does need a few adjustments…

X: 3
T: Pauline Conneely’s
S: Angelina Carberry - An Tradisiun Beo
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amix
A,2A,E G,B,DG|FD (3DDD ADFD|EDCA, G,B,DG|FDAD BDAD|
A,2A,A, G,B,DG|FD (3DDD AdFA|c2AG EDCE|1 DFAF GEFD:|2 DFAF GEFA||
|:cAAe EDCE|cAA^G AB=cd|BGGA GEDd|BG (3GGG Bcde|
cA (3AAA EDCF|EDCB, A,CEG|FDAF GGED|1 CEAB ceAB:|2 CEAB cAEC||