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Thread #34757   Message #471019
Posted By: Big Tim
26-May-01 - 03:00 PM
Thread Name: The story of Boolavogue / Fr. Murphy
Subject: RE: The story of Boolavogue / Fr. Murphy
More! Re the title of the song, it was originally published as "Father Murphy of the County Wexford" in the Irish Weekly Independent of June 18 1898. This has evolved into either "Boolavogue" or "Father Murphy" but both are of course wrong. McCall also wrote "Kelly the Boy from Killanne" and "Follow me uo to Carlow", making him, to my mind, second only to Thomas Davis in the Irish patriotic song stakes.