Wow! Tim Ryan's Pub - that name takes me back, though I was just getting acquainted with trad. music, and Irish in particular, just before that place closed. I hung out more at the Derby & flask, with Dermot Sommerville singing on Tuesdays for years.

Never heard of Jim Corr in the years after, when I got involved with Celtic Ceol, and traditional song and tunes. I wonder what Mike Mazur would make of it - himself a grand storyteller, he tends to remember such things.

Having never heard this term, or the songs about him, I'm fascinated to see where else this thread goes.

Joanne in Cleveland, right next to yesterday's parade route.