Ballinasloe in songs!?!?

Subject: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Sep 17 - 09:32 AM

Can anyone help identify any songs that are about or mention Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

I know Brendan Shine sang a song called 'Ballinasloe Fair"

And the song 'The Tinkerman's Daughter' also mentions Ballinasloe Fair.

Any other suggestions will be most welcome.

thanks in advance
W

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,PH
Date: 25 Sep 17 - 12:02 PM

The song Rosie Reilly makes reference to Ballinasloe Fair

https://thesession.org/discussions/604

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,Modette
Date: 25 Sep 17 - 01:06 PM

Jenny fron Ballinasloe

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,W
Date: 26 Sep 17 - 04:51 AM

Thanks for the song suggestions thus far

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 26 Sep 17 - 05:43 AM

Ballinasloe : song from the comedy opera
My lady Molly(1902>)
words G. H. Jessop
tune Sidney Jones
https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/7868-sm 

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There's a choir\music society in the town, might be worth asking...
http://www.facebook.com/Musicalblsoe 

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Sep 17 - 07:53 AM

thank you Freddy

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,Ebor Fiddler
Date: 26 Sep 17 - 08:23 PM

It is the habitation of the sailor in the song "A sailior coorted a farmers daughter" - I think by Dominic Behan.

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,W
Date: 28 Sep 17 - 10:50 AM

Thank you Ebor


i found the lyrics of the Dominic Behan version on mainlynorfolk

https://mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/asailorcourtedafarmersdaughter.html

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,widget
Date: 29 Sep 17 - 11:19 AM

The book, Songs and Ballads by Tadhg MacLochlainn, features two songs about Ballinasloe.
1, Ballinasloe
2, Ballinasloe Carnival Town

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,brian sweeny
Date: 01 Oct 17 - 03:24 PM

Nancy Myles sung by Johnny McEvoy and Foster & Allen.

In Ballinasloe on horse fair day, when tinker men would have their say
Many a fight was fought to win the hand of Nancy Myles.

Subject: RE: Ballinasloe in songs!?!?
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 01 Oct 17 - 04:50 PM

Yes - Nancy Miles is a powerful, dark song. I seem to remember an English group recording a great, a capella version of it ...? I've rarely heard it sung "in the wild", so to speak.

Regards