This is becoming Deeply Silly.

Tinker was PUBLISHED Dublin 1907. I presume it was staged at the Abbey earlier.

All this goes to show is that Larry was alive alive o then.

But you CAN bloody date the text about 1870s.

God, my head's not right -- geez a break.

Robin

(Incidentally, Synge doesn't "mention" the ballad, he has a character sing four line from it -- more than a mention.

R2)