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Kilcooley Wood hornpipe

By Sean Ryan

Also known as Kilcooley Woods, Kilcooley’s Wood.

There are 16 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

Kilcooley Wood appears in 2 other tune collections.

Kilcooley Wood has been added to 16 tune sets.

Kilcooley Wood has been added to 74 tunebooks.

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Three settings

1
X: 1
T: Kilcooley Wood
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
(3GFE|:DGGA BGcG|BGAF GABc|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA BGAF|
DGGA BGcG|BGAF GABc|dg~g2 fdcA|1 (3Bcd AF G2GE:|2 (3Bcd AF G2Bc||
dg~g2 fgaf|dgga bgaf|defg abag|fdcA BGAF|
DGGA BGcG|BGAF GABc|dg~g2 fdcA|1 (3Bcd AF GABc:|2 (3Bcd AF G2||
2
X: 2
T: Kilcooley Wood
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:"G"DGGA BGcG|BGAF "Dsus"GABc|"G"dg g2 "G/B"fgag|"Am7"fdcA "Dsus"(3Bcd AF|
"G"DGGA BGcG|BGAF "C/G"GABc|"Dsus"dg g2 "G/B"fdcA|1 "Dsus"(3Bcd AF "G"G2GE:|2 "Dsus" (3Bcd AF "G"G2 (3ABc||
|:"G"dg g2 "C/G"fgaf|"Am"dgga "C/G"bgaf|"G/B"defg "C/G"abag|"Dsus"fdcA (3Bcd AF|
"G"DGGA BGcG|BGAF "Dsus"GABc|dg g2 "G/B"fdcA|1 "Dsus"(3Bcd AF "G"GABc:|2 "Dsus"(3Bcd AF "G"G2||
# Added by JACKB .
3
X: 3
T: Kilcooley Wood
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
GE|:DGGA BDcD|BDAD GABc|dg~g2 fgag|fdcA (3Bcd AF|
DGGA BDcD|BDAD GABc|dg~g2 fdcA|1 (3Bcd AF G2GE:|2 (3Bcd AF G2Bc||
|:dg~g2 fgaf|dgga bgaf|defg abag|fdcA (3Bcd AF|
DGGA BDcD|BDAD GABc|dg~g2 fdcA|1 (3Bcd AF GABc:|2 (3Bcd AF G2||

Eight comments

Kilcooley Wood (hornpipe)

Leeds piano accordion player Helen Flaherty is the source of this hornpipe. Helen is one of mighty players of the city and loves to play modern compositions with the old-fashioned feel, such as Martin Mulhaire’s “The Golden Keyboard” and Vincent Broderick’s “Spider’s Web.” I didn’t know anything about the tune, but a bit of research shows that it was penned by Tippeary fiddler Sean Ryan.

…Tipperary….

Fun Tune!

Simple, happy… Just like me! ;)

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"The Hidden Ireland:

The First Selection of Irish Traditional Compositions of Seán Ryan"
Compiled by Brian Ryan

Page 13: “Kilcooley Wood”

Kilcooley Wood

Mike Rafferty gives an alternative title of “Kevin Rowsome’s” as he learned the tune from Kevin, grandson of Leo Rowsome.

Re: Kilcooley Wood, bars A1 and A2 etc

Interesting that in the A1 A2 bars Eileen O’Brien plays it (and she doubtless knows how it was composed):
DGGA BDcD|BDAD GABc
not
DGGA BGcG|BGAF GABc
and for what it’s worth, that’s also the only way I’ve heard it, from Damien & Padraic O’Reilly (on the Riches of Clare Vol 2 CD). Quite a different sound.

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Kilcooley Wood, X:3

This is I believe how Brian McNamara taught the tune in a class at Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy many years ago. It is close to the original as written by Seán Ryan and suits the uilleann pipes very well.