Sorry Susan; can't respond fully at present - up to my **** in photograph editing.
"Now, the asterisks in a certain part of the text of Lord Levett indicate that Nora believed she was missing a part or parts."
Assuming you are talking about 'Around the Hills of Clare', what asterisks - Nora sang a full version for us?
Don't know how L.L. got "back" to Ireland - don't think it originated there. The entry of Anglo Irish songs into the Southern Counties is many-faceted; emigration, British soldiers, Travellers, brought from the North... being only a few.
Our visits to Dublin are regular nowadays, good films don't make it this far west - due for a visit there in a couple of weeks (the Israeli film 'The Gatekeepers' being the main purpose this time).
I assume your list is from the U.C.D. archive; we usually only make it to ITMA in Merrion Square - try looking on their site.
We have the Joe Coneely recording, The Pounder is a neighbour but never heard him sing it, we nearly met and should have recorded Tom Griffin.
Will do our best when we visit next.
Do you have a copy of Tom Munnelly's/Hugh Shields's cassette, Early Ballads in Ireland?
Must go - photos call.
PM me a home address please.
Jim Carroll