Oh well, all very interesting. I first heard the song sung in O'Flaherty's pub in Dingle in September of 1978. And I have heard it many more times since.That started me on a life long love of Irish folk songs, lead to the Wolftones, Clannard (whom I saw perform in a church basement in Harvard Square later that year) and of course Christy Moore and Donal Lunny, Mary Black and all the rest of them. I am preparing to return to Dingle on March 8th, I look forward to hearing it sung again. I was planning on walking out by Smerwick Harbor, if you like I will keep my eyes peeled for "'the high rocky slopes".