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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.