Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Eugene Dunphy tells how a German-Irishman who visited Tipperary town was inspired to write a ballad about a female moonshiner.

0:00 Intro
0:15 Tom Dunphy
0:50 How ballad was written
01:35 Herman (Eamon) O’Shea
03:20 Real Katie Daly
04:00 O’Shea’s recording
05:15 Royal Showband recording
05:54 Noel O’Driscoll performance
07:00 Bridie Gallagher and O’Shea
08:30 Big Johnny and Maurice Lynch
09:05 Death of Tom Dunphy
10:00 Death of O’Shea
10:25 Dessie O’Halloran
10:45 Katie Daly (song)