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Rose Mooney
The following pieces were collected from the playing of Rose Mooney by Edward Bunting, and are now preserved in his manuscripts held in Queens University Belfast:
| Title and attribution in ms | Bunting ms ref & folio no. | Collette Moloney index item number |
| Charles Coote | ||
| Plangsty Charles Coote/ by Carolan / from Rose Mooney in 1799 | ms13 f38r | 13/89 |
| Plangsty Charles Coote/ by Carolan / from Rose Mooney in 1799 | ms27 f35r | 27/57 |
| Charles Coote/ by Carolan / from Rose Mooney | ms33(3) f25v | 33(3)/38 |
| Planxty Charles Coote/ by Carolan | Bunting 1840 p. 26 | |
| Rose Mooney, harper... 1800 | Bunting 1840 p.ix | No notation |
| Pléaráca na Ruarcach | ||
| Plerakah na Rourkagh or O'Rourle's Noble Feast / From Rose Mooney | ms33(2) f7r | 33(2)/11 |
| Lady Blaney | ||
| Lady Blaney/ by Carolan / harp bass / from Rose Mooney D[......] | ms33(3) f1v-2r | 33(3)/3 |
| Lady Blaney/ by Carolan / from Rose Mooney the harper in 1792 | ms27 f11v-12r | 27/24 |
| Miss Burke | ||
| Plangsty Miss Burke/ by Carolan about 1720 / from Rose Mooney the harper in 1799 | ms13 f38r | 13/88 |
| "Rose Mooney got the third for Planxty Burke" (Granard 1791) | Arthur O'Neill's memoies (DOSC p.163) | No notation |
| Madam Maxwell | ||
| Madam Maxwell / by Carolan / from Rose Mooney the harper at Belfast in 1792 | ms27 f29v-30r | 27/69 |
| Planxty Connor | ||
| Harp Rose Mooney / ...and set as played on the harp | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 13, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Carolan’s Cap | ||
| Harp Mooney / Carolan | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 24, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Planxty Maguire | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 34, also in Bunting 1796 p.35, both in London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Planxty Thomas McJudge | ||
| Mooney Harp / In this tune the harp was tuned in C the bass EE raised a semitone to F natural or high bass key | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 47, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Letitia Burke | ||
| Mooney Harp / Carolan certainly | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 55, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Madam Birmingham | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 70, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Morgan Magan | ||
| Harp Mooney / Carolan | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1809, p. 71, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Casadh an tsugan mé - The twisting of the rope | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1796, p. 10, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Madge Malone | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1796, p. 20, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Nanny MacDermott Roe | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1796, p. 29, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
| Thomas O’Burke | ||
| Harp Mooney | Manuscript annotation in Bunting 1796, p. 34, London BL Add ms 41508 | Not in Moloney |
I have not seen the ms13 or ms27 settings.
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First published here September 2009, last updated August 2013