Have you a date for the Paddy Gamble recording? Carmichael never made any recordings tho he did play on Irish (Dublin) radio. Ballymoney is of course very near to Ballymena, so there may be a Carmichael/Gamble link. Last time I was in Kells (village) I discovered that the song is well known there tho none of the old timers that I spoke to had ever heard of Planxty. Actually, I've long wondered where Planxty got the song. Sam Henry's 'Songs of the People'? The Gamble recording? We know that Sam got it from Jim. I wonder where Gamble got it?

(Actually this should be on the Kellswater thread).