I was brought up not that far (geographically) from Magheralin but a quare distance spiritually from the place. If oul' ard mhacha's readin' this post he'll have a rare laugh at thon!

Anyway ... I think somebody somewhere's a wee bit confused as to the tune in the posting above. "Castles In The Air" is another song which Barley Bree perform.

Most people in my neck of the woods could whistle or lilt you the air, if not give you the words and it's been used for other songs (e.g. the late Jimmy Creaney's "Going To The Dogs" ... there you go Jimmy, another plug ...Ni bheidh ar leitheidi aris ann!"). If I have time I might be able to write it out in abc ...

It's one of those songs, like Lurgan Town, which is claimed by both loyalists and nationalists. You'll hear it played by any amount of Billy bands ... but at the same time you'll hear taigs giving it a golder on the grounds that it takes the piss out of the Billy boys.

However if ard mhacha is watching this thread, maybe he'll give us a wee bit more Lurgan gen on the song?