Haruo

I think Diarmuid O Muirithe (native of New Ross) and antiquarian is probably the best authority on the dialect. I'm sorry that I don't have the original songs. I see from an internet source that the dialect called Yola is also taken to be an off-shoot of an English dialect. However, Wexford is the one corner of Ireland which maintained the strongest Norman connection so until I am proved wrong, I will hold out on the Norman influence on the songs. Even to this day a look at the Telephone Directory will show an extaordinarily large presence of Norman family name: Roche, Furlong, Rossiter, Doyle, Breen, Keogh etc.