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Thread #96122   Message #1981668
Posted By: Big Tim
28-Feb-07 - 08:23 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Tramps and Hawkers
Subject: RE: tramps and hawkers
Thanks Molly. According to Colm O Lochlainn, 'Sweet Carnlough Bay', which is very similar to 'Road and Miles to Dundee' was written by 'the poet Mackay, well known character around the Glens of Antrim'. O Lochlainn learned 'Carnlough' from Cathal O Byrne in 1913.