i am going to record this for our river driving cd and it is a fascinating song. forget the ghostly aspect...it is totally biblical...it has the transfiguration, resurrection, ascension into heaven. Do ghosts wear robes of red and pink and crimson? ascend into heaven? i think you could read mary magdalene into it too....someone should do an essay on this...read all the lyrics you can because there are some verses pretty common and others vary.

has anyone traced where phelan was from? whalen/whelan/phelans were interchangeable according to genealogy things i have read but this could be wrong. anyway, my gggm from county offaly was bridget whalen...could be a relative...