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Jim Kelly's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on November 15th 2002 by Trevor Jennings.

This tune has been added to 156 tunebooks.

Also known as A Night In Ennis, The Ash Plant No. 2, The Ash Plant, The Ashplant, Bobby Gardiner's, Cronin's, Dick Sherlock's, Dickie Sherlock's, Dicky Sherlock's, John Brennan's, Matt Molloy's, Matt Molloys, The Night In Ennis, Packie Duignan's, Reel On Mandolin, Roger Sherlock's, Sean McGuire's, Sherlocks, The Tipperary Fancy.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Jim Kelly's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dB|AF (3FFF BFAF|DEFA BABd|eB (3BBB egfe|dfed BedB|
AF (3FFF BFAF|DEFA BABd|egfg (3efg dB|AFGE D2dB|
AF (3FFF BFAF|DEFA BABd|eB (3BBB GB (3BBB|dfed BedB|
AF (3FFF BFAF|DEFA BABd|egfg efdB|AFGE D2 (3AAA||
dcde fefg|af (3bbg afdf|eB (3BBB gB (3BBB|fedf edBd|
AF {G}(3FEF AB df|(3aba ^gb afdf|=gafg efdB|AFGE D2 (3AAA|
dcde f3g|(3agf bf afdf|eB (3BBB gB (3BBB|fedf edBd|
AF {G}(3FEF AB df|ab^gb afdf|=g2fg efdB|AFGE D2||

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Jim Kelly's sheetmusic
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Jim Kelly's

Found this in an old US(?) collection of fiddle music. It appears to a transcription of a performance, but I do not know who the player was.
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# Posted on November 15th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

This is an unornamented version of the tune (same key):

dB|AFF2 BFAF|DEFA BABd|eBB2 egfe|dfed BedB|
AFF2 BFAF|DEFA BABd|egfg efdB|AFGE D2:|
|:A2|d3e fefg|afbf afdf|eBB2 gBB2|fedf edBd|
AFF2 ABdf|aba^g afdf|=g2fg efdB|AFGE D2:||

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# Posted on November 16th 2002 by Trevor Jennings

Jim Kelly's

Does anyone else know this tune as "Dicky Sherlock's" or "Dicky Scarlogue's" ? Mick Moloney has it as a Sligo reel on mandolin on his first solo recording "We Have Met Together". Lovely tune.

# Posted on November 16th 2002 by Kenny

I have Mick Moloney's recording on a 4-CD Irish music compilation, which gives it simply as 'Reel on Mandolin'. Henrik Norbeck has the name of this tune as The Ashplant, but there is also another reel, in E minor, which goes by that name.

# Posted on November 16th 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

I know this as The Night in Ennis

I know this as "The Night in Ennis": got it off a recording of Vincent Griffin. He plays the C major Maid Behind the Bar after it (and so now do I). For me the Ashplant's the one in E minor.

# Posted on June 29th 2005 by quinn

Brian Rooney recorded this tune as "John Brennan's" together with Frankie Gavin on the flute and John Carty on the banjo. Even more confusingly Siobhan Peoples and P. J. King did it as "Bobby Gardiner's" on "Sanctuary Sessions." Whatever the name, it's a great tune.

# Posted on April 7th 2006 by slainte

Jim Kelly's Reel

I think Trevor Jennings, when he mentioned above that the tune came from an old (US) collection of fiddle music, is referring to "Irish Traditional Fiddle Music." Originally published 1977 in New Hampshire, a new edition has just been released. http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm

Jim Kelly played this tune on tenor banjo at a concert in the early '70s at Harvard University. At the time, he lived in Newtonville, Mass. His peformance was so electrifiying, and the tune so appealing, we just had to include it in the book. I've played it since then under this title, to commemorate the banjo player.

# Posted on May 12th 2006 by celticladda

It's on Ace And Deuce http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/425 as the Tipperary Fancy.

# Posted on June 25th 2006 by Dr. Dow

Kelly's / McGuire's / Sherlock's / Gardiner's / Brennan's Reel? I give up...

I got it as "Sean McGuire's", off "Flute For The Feis", an album featuring piccolo player John Doonan.

All these other players' names for it...I wonder if the ancient kings of Ireland thrashed out definitive tune names, among their other business, when they met at Tara.I guess I'll just have to follow one strand of traditional practice and call it "THAT one ..."

# Posted on September 16th 2006 by nicholas

Jim Kelly's

Mick Moloney's comments on the sleeve of his "We Have Met Together" (1973):

"This is a Sligo reel, but not even the Sligo musicians of my acquaintance could enlighten as to its correct title."

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by nigelg

Watch and listen to Mary MacNamara play this tune: http://www.custysmusic.com/mall/CustysTraditionalMusicShop/mary_mc_namara.htm She doesn't have a name for it, either.

# Posted on June 14th 2007 by slainte

Dickie Sherlock's

Whatever the name, I' think we'll all agree that this is one great reel! It was originally introduced to our session as Matt Molloy's but after much debate and argument a consensus developed that Dickie Sherlock's was the name most commonly associated with the tune.

# Posted on June 14th 2007 by Bannerman

Also on Border Collies' Unleashed as "John Brennan's".

# Posted on April 6th 2008 by Dr. Dow

John Brennan's

On the Edel Fox/Ronan O'Flaherty album, it's listed as John Brannan's. Great tune!

# Posted on August 13th 2008 by Rdunlavey

Now you can watch the video clip of Mary MacNamara playing this reel on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NViOZ6XN7f8

# Posted on March 16th 2010 by slainte

Coleman's

A lot of the musicians around Athlone call this tune 'Coleman's'

Apparently they got this name from a music teacher who was in town a few years ago who seems to have taught everyone except me!

# Posted on June 13th 2011 by Pat Mustard

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