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Thread #85756   Message #3825302
Posted By: GUEST,Colin McAllister, Ulster Singer
08-Dec-16 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: re.bantry girl's lament - Moneymore??
Subject: RE: Folklore: re.bantry girl's lament - Moneymore??
One theory I heard is that Moneymore was the landlord's agent. Thought to have been a landservant recruited in Ulster to collect rents, Moneymore had a reputation as a thug and enjoyed 'threatening' tenants who were old or in difficulties. One imagines (therefore) that Johnny (the hero of the song) was able to 'neutralise' the behaviour of this bully.