Till 1453 there was no Greek KIng only the Byzantine Emperor.... This is considerably later than the origins of the song. Yes trade routes to the Med. exhisted at the 8th cantury and people did travel but the daughter of a Greek king is an unlikely visitor to the Emerald isle.The word geeek could have been mondegreened in Gaelic as easily as in English and mis translated in and out of both languages. Just for good measure there was a Great King in Scotland as well as Ireland at the time of the ballads appearance. OK I'll duck now.
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