Thanks George Seto. You link has been mist informative. It is astonishing that Irish Gaelic has hardly any Christmas songs. There is on that i collected from Deag Lynch of Monard, Ardmore, Co. Waterford "I lar an Gheimhridh Ghairbh" which he sang to the air of Sean O Dubhir an Gleanna (which was originally a religious air). Other than that I don't know of Irish Christmas carols that go back beyond 200 years.
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