I think you may be right, curmudgeon, re Kelly the Boy from Killane. Oh dear: not only an awful memory, but I'm also mixing up songs... mind you, the tradition has always done that, hasn't it?

Thanks, all contributors.

OK: in KTBFK, what does "Shelmalier" mean there? Is it a proper name? Is is the name for someone who carries a long gun? What?