"I found “Muire Agus Naomh Seosamh” in Spiritual Songs of Connaught collected by Douglas Hyde in the early 1900s. Although the book is entitled Spiritual Songs of Connaught, it contains, in fact, only lyrics of songs, not the music. I noticed that this Gaelic text had strong parallels with the English “Cherry Tree Carol” of which there are many versions. I eventually chose this version from the 1860s as it fitted the Gaelic text quite well. Mary all vocals; Danny Carnahan octave mandolin; Barry Phillips cellos; Steafan Hannigan percussion (djembe, bodhrán, shaker Words & music trad. arr. Mary Mc Laughlin."