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Thread #99080   Message #1970045
Posted By: Malcolm Douglas
16-Feb-07 - 03:23 PM
Thread Name: info on song: The Flower of Benbrada
Subject: RE: Looking for the title of this song?
Just in case she didn't provide source details, I'll add that the set in Henry came from Mrs Frank Kealey (Ballysally, Coleraine) and her son James Kealey (Union Street, Ballymoney). It appeared in Henry's column in The Northern Constitution, 17 March 1934. The lyric is credited to Francey Heaney (Magheraboy [Dungiven]) who died c.1931 "at the age of 90". Henry added: "The Flower of Benbrada was Miss Lizzie Donaghy, of the Hass, on the slopes of Benbrada, near Dungiven, and this song was composed on the occasion of her leaving for America."