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The Meelick Team

jig

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on by Dow.

This tune has been added to 37 tunebooks.

Also known as Eddie Kelly's, Eddie Kelly's #1, Eddie Kelly's No.1, McGreavy's, Meelick Team.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Friend Indeed by Liz Carroll
Bean Chairdin by Dympna O'Sullivan
Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
Brian Kelly by Brian Kelly
Bridgetown by Johnny B. Connolly
Buzzin' by Bumblebees
Celtic Dances by Various Artists
Cherish The Ladies-Live by Cherish The Ladies
Different State by Paudie O'Connor
Do You Know Eddy Kelly? by Elandir
Hidden Ground by Paddy Glackin, Jolyon Jackson
In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
Irish Traditional Music In America: Chicago by Various Artists
Killultagh by Killultagh
Lamh Ar Lamh (Many Hands) CD 1 by Various Artists
Lunasa by Lunasa
Mac Bones And The B Band by Mac Bones And The B Band
Makin' The Rounds by Billy McComiskey
Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
Northern Lights by Kevin And Seamus Glackin
Off She Goes by Gerry Hegarty And Claire Watts
P.J. Hernon by P.J. And Marcus Hernon
Rattlin' Banjos (part 1) by Gerry O'Connor
Rip The Calico by Paul Dooley
Rock And More Roses by Pat Kilbride
Shantalla by Shantalla
Snug In The Blanket by Paddy O'Brien
The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
The Bridge Céilí Band by The Bridge Céilí Band
The Flying Pig by Slide
The House I Was Reared In by Christy McNamara
The Humors Of Glin by Martin Mulvihill
The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
The Plain Of Jars by Brian Kelly
The Rare Stuff by The Rare Stuff
The Slopes Of Benbulben by John Regan
The Wounded Hussar by Pete Cooper
Tone Roads by Wild Asparagus
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Kathleen Collins
Traditional Music Of Ireland On Button Accordion by Seamus Walshe
Wayward Son by John Doyle
Whistle Stop by Brian Hughes

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Bit of an odd one this one. I usually back it with a mixture of Emin/Gmaj and Edor progressions, e.g.

|:D7sus4 | G | C | A | D7sus4 | G | C | Am :|
|:Em | C | A | D7sus4 | G | D | Bm | Am :|

# Posted on March 13th 2003 by Dow

Johnny B. Connoly recorded this one with Kevin Burke. I often wonder who is Eddie. Is it his composition?

# Posted on March 14th 2003 by slainte

The Meelick Team Jig

I've just been looking at a webpage that says:

"Eddy was born in Meelick, Eyrecourt, near Ballinisloe, Co. Galway, in 1933. Lived in that area till 1958, moved to Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. Has 20 compositions. Plays both button and fiddle. His compositions often exhibit a strong East Galway influence. Respected traditional musician, tunes circulated through sessions, radio performances, and concerts."

Meelick Team Jig commemorates a hurling team from his native parish which qualified for and played in the first All-Ireland Hurling Finals held in 1884."

Other titles include:

-Eddie Kelly's Jig (P.J.Hernon), and also on a Liz Carroll recording (A Friend Indeed)

Martin Talty's Jig (Clare Concertinas Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon)

On Mary MacNamara's recent CD it was played in D minor, using a C/F Anglo concertina. In Bulmer and Sharpley (1975) it was given the title McGreevy's

# Posted on March 14th 2003 by Dow

Shantalla's Version

I heard this tune mostly in E dorian, played by Shantalla for instance, it goes like this :

# Posted on December 11th 2006 by gazelle

"The Meelick Team Jig" ~ by Eddie Kelly

Here's another way with it but not dipping below D ~

# Posted on February 21st 2007 by ceolachan

Eddie Kelly's No. 1

Here's another originally transcribed by Henrik Norbeck on tunedb –

# Posted on May 17th 2007 by bdh

Saved duplication

X: 1
T: Eddie Kelly's No1
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Emin
e3 dBA | BAG ED,B | EGF Eed | BAG ABd |
e3 dBA | BAG ED,B | EGF Eed | BAF E2B :||
e2f gfe | beg fed | Be2 beg | fed e2f |
g2f edB |AFD EGB | e2f ged | BAF E2d :||

Submitted on September 27th 2007 by mrs.b.

# Posted on September 27th 2007 by Dow