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MEELICK TEAM, THE. AKA and see "Eddie Kelly's Jig (1)," "Martin Talty's." Irish, Jig. D Minor: E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by fiddler and accordion player Eddie Kelly, in honor of the victory of the Meelick team in a 1960's hurling championship, according to Séamus Connolly. Though he lives in County Roscommon at present, Kelly was originally from near Meelick and Eyrecourt, County Galway. Connolly & Martin print versions of the tune in two keys, as Kelly told them he had transposed the tune into E minor at one point to better suit the instruments in his local band.

Source for notated version: button accordion player Billy McComisky (Baltimore, Md.) [Miller].

Printed sources: Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 66-67, 68-69. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 38, p. 34 (appears as "Eddie Kelly's").

Recorded sources:

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info []

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