WOW. Stunning. Interesting to hear an old Edison cylinder recording too, and I also loved the photos. I'm going to alert Cliff Wedgbury (if he doesn't already know about this), who wrote the modern "Ballad of Tom Crean" which is sung here in Ireland. Jimmy Crowley does a fine version of it*.

Thanks so much for flagging this, MG - it would be amazing to know if he's an ancestor of yours.

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Cliff Wedgbury's "Ballad of Tom Crean"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intRFKPMxt8&NR=1