Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Eugene Dunphy explores the history of an enchanting Irish love ballad.

00:00 Intro
00:14 Fr. Patrick Malone's 'Lovely Ireland'
01:30 Brooklyn novel and movie
02:45 Ballad history
05:08 Douglas Hyde's stage play
06:52 The verses
07:55 Casadh an tSúgáin (song)