The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #66702   Message #1109560
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
04-Feb-04 - 07:21 PM
Thread Name: Whiskey in the Jar - Irish? Appalachian?
Subject: RE: Whiskey in the Jar - Irish? Appalachian?
"British Isles" includes Ireland (though some object to it), because it's a geographical expression. But "British" never does.

.........................

The "Kilgarry Mountain" version is presumably a reimport from overseas, since there's no such location in Ireland. "Far famed Kerry mountain" is in Colm O'Lochlann's 1938 collection, as learned in childhood.

The Lily of the West is also there - if that's an import from America, it's not a recent one.