Her first name is Anne. She has or had a B & B in Drogheda. Noel Purcell his son died about 3 years ago, and his other daughter, Barbara much before that. Brendan grew up an Clanbrassil St. just around the corner from Cecil's house, at that time, on S. Circular Road 3rd house down left side going towards Stephen's green. The yards intersected at the back. The house was very quiet when Cecil was in residence, a remote man who attended mass each day he was at home. He also has a sister Sherry Sheridan. To Brendan's knowledge she never married, was a nurse in WWII, and was on two boats hit by torpedoes and survived. Nan, who was the sister of Brendan's mother, killed herself. The family broke apart after that. I do know Cecil wrote a lot of parodies. One of my favorites is: during 1949 (?) there was a transport workers strike. De Valera would have no truck with this and Cecil wrote

Roll along Army Lorries roll along,
De Valera has a bike,
So he doesn't mind the strike,
Roll along Army Lorries roll along.

It is the only part Bren can remember. He was pretty young and would go with his aunt Nan to the shows and to bingo! And to the tune of Mairsie Doats, Cecil wrote:

'Mary wrote and Rosie wrote; they're comin' down on Friday.
The kids are comin' too. What a do!'

And dressed as a dame would do Mary Martha McGee, the Pride of the Coombe. I am not Irish and so never got to see him or his shows. Did catch the great Eir TV show celebrating Noel Purcell, and Cecil along with Jimmy O'Dea was on it too...excellent. Cecil is also a character in the film (the only film) of James Joyce's "Ulysses." I found a copy online here in Canada but perhaps you could rent it if you've not seen it? If I can find an address for Anne I will post it to you, the same for any other lyrics Bren can dredge up...Thank, Maryann Nolan