Annotation:McGreavy's Jig
X: 1 T: McGreavy's S: irtrad-l, L. Mallette, 1/95 C: Attributed to Martin Talty (notes to Front Hall Records 018) M: 6/8 S: Bulmer and Sharpley's Music From Ireland, vol. 4, no. 57 S: (McGreavy's), from the playing of fiddler Jimmy McHugh N: Not sure where the title McGreavy's originated. O: Irish F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/mirror/kirby98.fsnet.co.uk/ma/Martin_Taltys_3.abc K:Emin A|B2e dBA|BAG EDB|DEG Bed|BAG ABd| e/f/ge dBA|BAG EDB|DEG Bed|BAF E2:| |:B|e2f gfe|beg fed|Bde gfg|ged e2f| g2f edB|AFD FGA|dc/d/e fed|BAF E2:|
McGREAVY'S (JIG). AKA and see "Eddie Kelly's Jig (1)," "Martin Talty's Jig," "Meelick Team (The)." Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The jig appears as “Martin Talty’s Jig” on Bernard O’Sullivan & Tommy McMahon's 1974 album "Clare Concertinas" (Topic Records 12TFRS502). The jig has been attributed to Talty, a piper, whistle and flute player from Glendine, County Clare, and friend and sometime playing partner with Miltown Malbay piper Willie Clancy. Peter Laban [1] tells the story of the first meeting between the two:
He [Talty] was sitting in the classroom in primary school. The teacher had left the room and Martin was trying out a little polka on the whistle. After going over the first part a voice behind him suddenly said "I think it goes actually like this," followed by the correct phrase on the whistle. This was Willie and the two became lifelong friends.
However, a stronger claim for the tune's composition belongs to East Galway flute player Eddie Kelly, who composed it as "Meelick Team (The)."
