Moorlough Shore location

Subject: Moorlough Shore location
From: Big Tim
Date: 08 Feb 03 - 04:41 PM

Recently I found some information that makes me think that this great Irish song is more likely to be located on the River Foyle at Lifford/Strabane than anywhere else.

1. There is a townland there called "Murlough", on the Lifford side of the Foyle.

2. The Sinclair family once owned most of the area, their estate consisting of 5,947 acres in 1876. Locally, their house may have been called a "castle".

3. The family's address is given as "Holly Hill, Strabane". "Holly-hill" is a townland about two miles east of Strabane.

This combines the three major clues in the song - "Moorlough (or, Murlough", "Sinclair", and "Holly Hill", all together in the same local area.

What do you think?

Subject: RE: Moorlough Shore location
From: GUEST,threaddrift
Date: 08 Feb 03 - 04:49 PM

Big Tim, there is a bluegrassy version of this on a recent CD by Ben Winship. Check out www.fishingmusic.com. It's a great independent CD featuring loads of great musicians from the USA and Scotland/Ireland. drifter.