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08 Aug 06 - 10:21 AM (#1804372) Subject: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,Evelyn I've searched everywhere for the lyrics of an old Irish song called 'The Boys of Galmoy'. It was written for the 6 Galmoy men who were executed for the murder of John Marum, in the early 1800's I think. Galmoy is in County Kilkenny, Ireland. any help would be much appreciated, go raibh maith agat. |
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10 Aug 06 - 09:42 AM (#1806159) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,weerover refresh |
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10 Aug 06 - 09:52 AM (#1806168) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace "The book, Six Years in Galmoy, tells the story of the killing at Knockshinraw, Galmoy in 1824 of John Marum, and the hanging of six men for the murder." Song lyrics not easy to find. Keep the thread 'up there' and maybe someone will have the lyrics readily available. I'm wondering if the song title is correct. Are you sure of it, Evelyn? |
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10 Aug 06 - 09:56 AM (#1806171) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace " A NEW book which has just been published tells the story of an event that happened on the Laois-Kilkenny border in 1824. Entitled Six years in Galmoy, the book covers a series of terrible events in Galmoy and surrounding areas, from 1819 to 1824, which culminated in the hanging that took place on the hill of Knockshinraw, overlooking the Rathdowney road. The book is the work of Pádraig " Macháin, who lives in Crosspatrick with his wife Joan and their six children. A total of fourteen killings took place between Durrow, Cullahill, Johnstown, Urlingford and Errill, during the period in question, and the book also recounts the tragic story of the killing by the police of Mary Delaney at the Fair of Bawn in 1822. Six years in Galmoy, lays out the history of violence in the Galmoy-Rathdowney area, and also the background of poverty, oppression and evictions that lay beneath these terrible events. The killing of John Marum, a Catholic landholder in Moneynamuck and Rathpatrick, is central to this. John Marum was brother of the Bishop of Ossory, and therefore a high-profile Catholic. His murder sent shockwaves through the Protestant Establishment and the Catholic middle-class, and the authorities were determined that someone should suffer for the crime, whether guilty or innocent. The brutality of the authorities was always present, and the use by the police of paid agents who tried to get people to admit to crimes they did not commit, were features of the story. Two of the witnesses who gave evidence against the men at their trial were teenagers, and were coerced by emotional torture into giving evidence against the men. The people of Galmoy were unforgiving, however, AND A BALLAD COMPOSED AT THE TIME [emphasis added] records their anger and frustration." |
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10 Aug 06 - 10:14 AM (#1806189) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL Galway, Thursday, March 25, 1824 Interesting article here about the killing of John Marum. http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:Nu4dzISB2GoJ:www.irelandoldnews.com/Galway/1824/MAR.html+Bishop+of+Ossory,+%22john+marum%22&h Scroll down about 2/3 of the way. |
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10 Aug 06 - 10:26 AM (#1806209) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace Is it possible for anyone in Ireland to access the book at a library and see if more info is given about the ballad spoken of in "Six years in Galmoy"? |
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13 Aug 06 - 10:01 AM (#1808721) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,weerover refresh - anyone? wr |
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13 Aug 06 - 05:23 PM (#1809032) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace I have an e-mail off to the author of the book. However, I have to await a reply, and he may be a very busy man. |
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14 Aug 06 - 07:17 AM (#1809395) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,Evelyn Thanks for your help on this everyone. I'm going to contact the local radio station here in Kilkenny and see if they'll put out a request on air for the lyrics. I'm fairly certain of the ballad title. |
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21 Aug 06 - 10:26 PM (#1815702) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Peace FYI, I have still had no response to the e-mail I sent. I look every few days. |
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20 Nov 08 - 08:48 AM (#2498372) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,Kathie pmachain@celt.dias.ie The above email address is for the author of the book. He gave me permission to give it to you. He published the lyrics to this along with the music. Kathie, Southport, NC |
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20 Nov 08 - 12:44 PM (#2498563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,Martin Ryan There's a mention of in a (field?) recording made by Ken Goldstein HERE Regards |
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21 Nov 08 - 02:42 PM (#2499528) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: Jim Dixon Here's a bibliographic description copied from here: Ó Macháin, Pádraig, 'The Boys of Galmoy' in Six Years in Galmoy: Rural Unrest in County Kilkenny 1819 – 1824, Pádraig Ó Macháin ed., The Poddle Press, Dublin 2007, pp. 181–6. ISBN 978 0 9524260 3 5 (pb.), pp. 181–6 And here's the listing at WorldCat.org, which might help you find the book in a library near you (or at Amazon.com). |
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08 Jul 12 - 07:05 AM (#3373563) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST,Mel Those of you who have been requesting the lyrics of 'the boys of galmoy', can you please contact me at melmoriarty@eircom.net and I will send you the lyrics. Mel >>> |
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01 Jul 17 - 11:26 AM (#3863772) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: GUEST I have the book at home in Australia and can send in the lyrics when I get home at the end of July Ann_marum@iinet.net.au |
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01 Jul 17 - 03:42 PM (#3863790) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Boys of Galmoy From: michaelr Guest Ann, please post the lyrics here. Thanks! |