Both of these songs were made famous by Harry Clifton in the 1860s before they were pirated by Pastor in America. There are several threads on Harry Clifton and all the songs he wrote that are now counted as folk songs. Just search for Harry Clifton. I think the cover of the 'Paddle y o c' sheet music is on Ebay at the moment. If I remember correctly Clifton got LB from D K Gavan the Galway poet as also 'Rocky Road to Dublin'