“The Meelick Team”, is a composition of Eddie Kelly, fiddle player from East Galway. I associate this jig with the playing of Paddy Carty & Conor Tully, who recorded it on their classic album “Traditional Music of Ireland”.
X:1
T:Meelick Team (The)
C:Eddie Kelly
R:jig
M:6/8
K:Edor
|:Bee dBA|BAG EDB,|DEG Eed|BAG ABd|
ege dBA|BAG EDB,|DEG Eed|1 BAF E2A:|2 BAF E2d||
|:e2f gfe|beg fed|Beg beg|fed e2f|
g2g edB|BAF DFA|d2d fed|1 BAF E2d:|2 BAF E2A||
“John Dwyer’s” is a popular session tune composed by John Dwyer of the famously musical family of west Cork (John is a brother of Finbar,
This is Micho Russell’s version of the famous march “The Battle of Aughrim”. It is not very different from the common version but I love Micho’s phrasing of the tune and thought I’d post his way of playing it.
“The Hag at the Churn” is a jig that I associate with piper Paddy Keenan, who is a regular visitor to Doolin. He recorded it with The Bothy Band and also on his album with Tommy O’Sullivan “The Long Grazing Acre”. Josephine Marsh also recorded a very nice version of this tune on the album “To Meet A Friend” with Cyril O’Donoghue.
