Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)

Subject: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: GUEST
Date: 12 May 13 - 12:58 PM

Hello


I am trying to locate the lyrics of a song that goes by the name of "O'Grady Drove The Car"


It was written circa 1920 by Tom O'Donnell from Mullaghroe, Co. Sligo


The subject matter is about an ambush in Killaraght, Co. Sligo.


Can anybody help me out with this one!?

Thanks

Alan

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 10 Jun 13 - 08:01 AM

Where are you based? Local singers with local knowledge are probably your best bet:

Sligo Traditional Singers Circle are active and have both a Facebook page and website.

Regards

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: Mrrzy
Date: 10 Jun 13 - 12:14 PM

If you google the phrase you get a Sligo historic pdf that tells you who wrote it and why, maybe some clues there? My rectangle is not adept at cut&paste.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: MartinRyan
Date: 10 Jun 13 - 12:44 PM

Thanks, Mrrzy - I missed that! The PDF is an account of the War of Independence in the area (1919-21) and simply states that a Tom O'Donnell wrote such a song. It may well be our GUEST's starting point. Given the area involved, the Sligo singers group is definitely worth checking - if this query isn't one of them broadening a search!

Click here for the pdf which is free e-book version of a book published about twenty years ago.

Regards

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: GUEST,Maura O'Grady
Date: 28 Apr 16 - 06:48 AM

Yes I have the words of that song.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: GUEST
Date: 04 May 20 - 12:35 AM

I have the words to this somewhere but as I’m moving house I’m not quite sure where. Dominic O’Grady who drove the car was my grandfather. They robbed a post office I believe

Regards

Carole

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 04 May 20 - 06:41 PM

http://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/bureau-of-military-history-1913-1921/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0905.pdf

That is an interesting read that I think is connected to this thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 May 20 - 06:49 PM

I hope somebody can post the lyrics to the song here in this thread. It sounds interesting.

-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor-

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: cnd
Date: 04 May 20 - 10:35 PM

I had no luck on the 'net. If I were looking for the song, I'd look through as much of the citations to the page mentioned by MartinRyan as possible. Sadly, virtually none of them appear to be available online.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: o'grady drove the car (Sligo song)
From: GUEST,Bob Harley
Date: 01 Oct 20 - 05:09 PM

My Mom (from Mahanagh) used tell me about the song when I was young. Tom O'Donnell was a close family friend - I heard about him a lot as I grew up. Unfortunately my Mom was tone deaf so she never sang it. I am a singer and would love to find it.