Lets summarize: Ballygrant was introduced into the song by the Clancy Brothers, and they are not going to tell where they got it. If it is their translation of baile cuain, that's their problem and has nothing to do with the origional song ,or Killemy or anywhere else. Someone wished to compare Sean O Riada's "composed" melody to that of Dominic Behan's version . It is the same melody,as is sung by Clancy's and a few thousand others. O Riada orchestrated it or arranged it but it is the same. Baile cuain translates as quite town, no mention of a harbour in either word. The only real question is whether the lovel melody is older than teh composition of "The Sick Young Lover", and if so, wahat was it's title.
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