Martin, I am doing some research on my family and was fascinated to find this song about Mary Hanley from the Black Island in Lough Ree back 150 years ago. My grandfather, Bernard Hanley was born on the Black Islands around 1893, emigrated to the US in 1913. I visited Longford back in summer of 2008, and found my Hanley cousins. Paddy Hanley lived on the Island until about 10 years ago!