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Thread #92298 Message #1789408
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Ryan
21-Jul-06 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Famous Greyhound
Subject: RE: URGENT: Composer for 'Famous Greyhound'?
Got it!
Christine knew nothing of the origins of the song.
I met Sean Garvey in deepest Kerry during the week, by a happy coincidence, and asked him. The song was written by John Flanagan of Corofin - from whom Sean got it around 1979. John also wrote the "other Fields of Athenry" (a.k.a. Down By the Clarin's Mossy Banks). The latter song is around here somewhere - I'll post a link later. As you'll gather, John is very fond of greyhounds!