Jim Carroll posted the following on 22 Nov 20223 on a facebook group "The Ballad Tree: Traditional Folk Ballads": "Martin Reidy of Tullochaboy, Connonlly, West Clare had the longest songs we ever recorded. He once said 'A song isn't worth singing unless it has a few verses in it, I wouldn't give you tuppence for a short song' - his longest lasted over 15 minutes. A shortened version: https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/the_true_lovers_discussion_mreidy.htm " (there is more about Martin Reidy in Jim Carroll's fb post and at The Clare County Library website)
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