Some Caher locals weren't too happy with Christy's version, thinking that maybe he'd changed some of the lyrics deliberately (especially saying Carham River, instead of Carhan.) Carhan is well known locally as the birthplace of Daniel O'Connell tho we can hardly expect Christy to have known that.

In the booklet with Tim Dennehy's album there's a 1928 picture of the 'boys' at the Christian Brothers School, Cahersiveen. SG is included in the pic but only one of the names referenced in the song is included: John Daly. (There's a John Sheehan, but no Con or Dan).

btw, I never liked Sean Garvey's version much!