Sorry about that...
1) Rocks of Bawn. Yes. Liam Clancy has done such a number on that particular song that no matter how well anyone ever does it, it will always be "Inspired by Liam Clancy" and for that reason is lost to the rest of us. My opinion of course. Now if you look through the list you will see "The highway of Tears"
http://www.highwayoftears.ca/ which I had written regarding a number of missing women on Highway 16. I have put this song to that tune and added a couple of lines at the end of each verse. I think it works. I hope that doesn't bother you too much. (Seriously) I can post the words here if you want.


2)Macushla: I don't know why John McCormick's is the only version you heard but at least you heard the best.
None the less; His was the style until the Folk Revival of the Late Fifties an Early Sixties when Folk Music was effectively given back to the workers and it was considered okay to sing in a less Classically trained voice.
I think that now we are in danger of losing many of those songs which I love and many do not. The song will be performed in my own "Less Classical" style but with a John McCormick style of arrangement.
3) Killkelly. Yes.

Thanks Mickey. You clearly put some thought into it.

Cheers!
Jim