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Thread #57501 Message #904902
Posted By: Declan
06-Mar-03 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: 17 Irish songs in public domain
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 17 Irish songs in public domain
I don't know why anyone would post these particular songs in one go like that either.
For the record according to Amhránleabhar Ógra Éireann authorship for some of the songs is credited as follows :
Amhran na bFhiann Peadar Kearney translated (to Gaelic) by Liam O Rinn
Boolavogue Words PJ McColl Air trad
Bold Fenian Men Peadar Kearney
Kelly the Boy from Killane PJ Mc Coll
The Minstrel Boy Thomas Moore
A Nation Once Again Thomas Davis
O Donnell Abu M. J. Mc Cann
Óró Sé do bheatha abhaile P.H. Pearse (air trad see previous threads)
The Rising of the Moon John Keegan Casey
The West's Asleep Thomas Davis