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Thread #148043 Message #3434476
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Nov-12 - 07:47 PM
Thread Name: Seeking Irish songbook from Wexford area
Subject: Seeking Irish songbook from Wexford area
Here's an interesting e-mail I got from somebody. Can anybody help?Hi Joe, I am hoping you or one of your forum members might be able to help me out. I once had a Green paperback book, just over A5 size, that contained old folk songs from around the Arklow/Courtown/ Balleygarret areas of Wexford. They were mostly about fishing boats and loss at sea. I would think this book would have had only have a small print run and I had my copy about 6 years ago. One of the songs was about my great grandad and his fishing boat. I can't remember the name of the book, author or name of the song. My grandad was James Fitzsimons who was the captain of his fishing boat in which two crew were lost. If you could put out a request for a name of this book i would be very grateful and a possible place to purchase it.
Many Thanks
Ian