Ciaran,

A fella from Ring (Labhras) occasionally sings this song here (Kentucky) for some Dungarvan-native publicans - some Kielys and an O'Byrne. I will check out his version and see if I can add anything to what's posted above.

The Dungarvan crowd rule the roost around here - they even have "The Green Monkey" to show for it.

Labhras also sings a song he calls (or what I thought might have looked like) "The Daysha". If anybody's interested, I'll ask him about that as well.   

Thanks to all for the above discussion.

May I ask, was Deise the old name of the region limited to Southwest Waterford? Was Portláirge a distinct region within what is now the larger county or a old name for the extended region/county?

I suppose I could ask around here.

Cheers,

Danny