(This will probably appear as "GUEST, An Buachaill Caol Dubh" -often called simply "ABCD"! - since I see there have been some problems with Membership &c)

Further to the post on 11th July 2011 regarding John McCormack's recordings of words to this air, he recorded both "O Mary Dear" in the 1930s, with Edwin Schneider at the piano, and much earlier, I'd guess around the time of the Great War, "Would God I were the tender apple-blossom/That floats and falls from off yon twisted bough..." (words by Kathleen Tynan; orchestral accompaniment). I have the sheet-music for "O Mary Dear", and the words are by McCormack himself.

Incidentally, if we're wondering about an original name for the city on the banks of Lough Foyle, there's a good argumaent for its being "Doire Colm Cille", the oak-grove of Saint Colmcille (i.e. Columba).