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Thread #16424   Message #3981456
Posted By: GUEST
11-Mar-19 - 08:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ar Erin + Erin go Macree
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ar Erin + Erin go Macree
https://celticandhistoryobsessions.music.blog/2019/03/12/erin-gra-mo-chroi-is-rockaway-beach-queens-truly-the-sea-shore-in-the-song/

Hi here's where I got to put it in my blog site. As usual I made some of it up ! Couldnt find the origin. Looks like an emigrant lament - just speculated the sea shore and the scenes of New York - a good candidate - maybe the only candidate is Rockaway Beach as has a huge Irish community by Irish descent 25% second largest in America (by proportion of the community according to a wiki link) - you can see the Manhattan skyline but was there one in the 19th century ? Help.