"This seems to be outside the scope of your study of Irish recordings of Child ballads."
It's always been my intention to do a full examination of the narrative songs of Ireland, particularly the ones that came from outside, so I would be grateful for any information anybody can let me have
This present project is concerned with nudging others into an interest into Child Ballads following on from the splendid work done by Aileen Lambert and Mich Fortune a few years ago with their 'Man, Woman and Child' project.

I hope that a group of singable ballads based on live recordings might just inspire that interest - Irish instrumental music has been guaranteed a two-generation (at least) future by the hordes of young people now taking it up and playing like 'old masters and mistresses' - singing hasn't fared quite as well
It shouldn't take me to long to complete this - then it's back to the rest of it - so any help is welcome
I would like a well-sung version of the few I have not managed to get yet, but they may not exist

I've always been convinced that th future of our music rests on taking all the work everybody is doing or has done and get it under one accessible umbrella rather than leave it scattered on hundreds of shelves.

While having a very rich and all-encompassing song tradition, Ireland has a poor record in publishing - tHere is no comprehensive song collection covering all of Ireland, for instance.
Shortly before he died, Tom Munnelly was given the go-ahead by his employers at U.C.D. to publish such a work based on his own collecting work - unfortunately, he fell ill and died before he could make a start.
The idea was shelved a decade ago - what a fitting memorial that would be to Tom's memory - and what a service to Irish traditional song
A dream
Jim Carroll