THE CASTLE OF DROMORE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2023-12-02 | 0:00 Intro0:55 Origins of melody01:51 First published02:45 Lyricist Sir Harold Boulton03:30 First Irish performance04:10 The verses04:45 Katherine Tynan05:30 Ballad becomes popular06:20 Carnegie Hall performance06:55 Cathal O’Byrne07:15 Early recordings07:30 Staf Gebrurers08:45 Paul Robeson09:20 Castle of Dromore (song)
FOLLOW ME UP TO CARLOW (ballad history/UPDATE) Eugene Dunphy 2024-10-12 | Eugene Dunphy dissects the lyrics of P. J. McCall’s classic ballad.0:00 Intro0:15 Collecting the melody01:10 P. J. McCall02:00 Ballad first published03:25 Examining the verses07:05 John McCormack sings ballad07:33 Recordings07:45 Death of McCall08:50 Follow Me Up To Carlow (song)
MUIRSHEEN DURKIN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-10-12 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story behind a 1966 Number One.00:00 Johnny McEvoy's single01:54 the verses03:30 the melody04:22 Michael 'Jesse' Owens05:35 Muirsheen Durkin (song)
THE SPINNING WHEEL (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-08-31 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story of a Delia Murphy gem.00:00 Intro00:30 John Francis Waller03:00 Adelaide Detchon03:55 Songs of the Gael04:35 Delia Murphy05:20 The Spinning Wheel (song)
THE DAWNING OF THE DAY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-08-24 | Eugene Dunphy links a melody by a harper from Sligo to a tenor from Athlone.00:00 Intro00:43 Radio Athlone01:40 Fáinne Geal an Lae04:05 John McCormack04:50 Raglan Road06:05 Dawning of the Day (song)
THE BOYS FROM THE COUNTY ARMAGH (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-08-17 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story of an Orchard County gem. 00:00 Intro 00:30 First recordings 01:40 Martin Walton 03:35 Court case 07:00 Boys from the County Armagh (song)
CARRIGDHOUN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-08-10 | Eugene Dunphy explores a classic ballad from Cork.00:00 Intro00:25 Gavin Duffy's 'The Nation'01:38 Denny Lane, author of Carrigdhoun02:55 the verses03:50 the melody06:55 Lane's preferred melody08:00 Carrigdhoun (song)
THE GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES GROW (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-08-03 | Eugene Dunphy links a circus clown from County Clare to an endearing little ballad.00:00 Gabriel Lavelle recording01:15 Johnny Patterson03:40 the verses06:00 John McCormack recording07:10 The Garden Where the Praties Grow (song)
SKIBBEREEN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-07-27 | Eugene Dunphy tells the harrowing story of an Irish Famine song.00:00 Intro00:48 John McCormack02:35 Irish Molly O03:55 Famine in Skibbereen06:45 the verses07:50 Skibbereen (song)
WHERE THE THREE COUNTIES MEET (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-07-20 | Eugene Dunphy tells how Brendan Shine brought a Patsy Farrell ballad to the top of the charts.00:00 Intro00:35 Patsy Farrell02:10 Brendan Shine recording04:00 Shine & Farrell partnership05:10 Where the Three Counties Meet (song)Where the Three Counties Meet/Lough ReeComposer: Patsy FarrellLabel: Hit RecordsPublisher: Frontier Music (1972)
CAVAN GIRL (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-07-13 | Eugene Dunphy tells how Thom Moore, the American-born grandson of Irish parents, crafted a memorable love song.00:00 Intro00:35 Thom Moore02:35 Pumpkinhead & Midnight Well03:20 Cavan Girl story04:55 Moore as interpreter07:00 Cavan Girl (song)
WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-07-06 | Eugene Dunphy links a New York entertainer to a ballad about an Irish river.00:00 Authorship of ballad01:35 Russell Brothers03:35 Protests against Russells04: Deaths of Russells05: Where the River Shannon Flows (song)
COME BACK PADDY REILLY TO BALLYJAMESDUFF (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-06-29 | Eugene Dunphy tells how Percy French immortalised an Cavan town.00:00 Ballad's first performance01:30 Percy French04:25 John Sheridan recording05:12 Who was Paddy Reilly?07:20 Come Back Paddy Reilly (sung by Enda Reilly)Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff composed by Percy French.Album: Whisperings (2022)Artist: Enda ReillyLabel: EndaDeRoad RecordsAvailable at www.endareilly.com
THE PATRIOT GAME (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-06-22 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story behind a Dominic Behan 'rebel song'.00:00 Dominic play03:00 Fergal O'Hanlon06:10 Behan and politics09:55 The Patriot Game (song)
WILL YOU GO LASSIE, GO (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-06-15 | Eugene Dunphy charts the rise of a love ballad written by Belfast piper, Francis McPeake.00:00 Intro00:55 The ballad01:45 McPeake Family02:50 Pete Seeger04:10 The Beatles and McPeakes05:05 Rod Stewart07:15 Will You Go Lassie, Go (song)
SLIEVE GALLION BRAES (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-06-08 | Eugene Dunphy links a mountain in Derry to a blind musician and an Irish language teacher.00:00 Intro01:50 Ballad published05:14 Slieve Gallion evictions09:25 Slieve Gallion Braes (Song)
THE IRISH ROVER (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-06-01 | The story behind the good ship Irish Rover and its very strange cargo and crew.00:00 Intro00:58 Harry O'Rawe02:50 Sheet music published04:45 ballad origins07:40 Recordings08:57 Irish Rover (song)
THE JAIL OF CLUAIN MEALA (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-05-25 | Eugene Dunphy delves into the history of a Luke Kelly classic.00:00 Intro01:10 Luke Kelly's version01:45 The Whiteboys02:50 J.J. Callanan04:15 the melody05:20 the verses05:55 Death of Callanan07:45 Jail of Cluain Meala (song)
THE BLARNEY ROSES (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-05-18 | Eugene Dunphy links two Scottish musicians to a bouncing Irish ballad.00:00 Blarney, County Cork01:55 Ballad writers, Melville and Flint03:45 Old recordings04:35 Deaths od Melville and Flint06:10 Blarney Roses (song)
THE HOMES OF DONEGAL (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-05-11 | Eugene Dunphy connects a Donegal schoolteacher to a homely ballad.00:00 Intro00:58 Seán Mac Giolla Bhríde (ballad writer)01:50 First public performance02:34 Charlie McGee04:35 Words and music07:50 Homes of Donegal (song)
THE BOYS OF BARR NA SRÁIDE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-05-04 | Eugene Dunphy explores the history of a nostalgic ballad.00:00 Intro01:00 Sigerson Clifford, ballad writer03:15 Ballads of a Bogman published03:50 Barr na Sráide: words and melody08:00 Death of Sigerson Clifford10:20 Boys of Barr na Sráide (song)
THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-04-27 | Eugene Dunphy explores the Scottish and Irish links to an endearing ballad.00:00 The Curragh of Kildare (The Johnstons)01:25 Ballad origins05:00 Debates about ballad08:05 Recordings09:20 The Curragh of Kildare (song)
THE BOLD TENANT FARMER (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-04-20 | Eugene Dunphy links a rousing ballad to a real incident from Irish history.00:00 Ballad writer01:15 Dan and Mary Walsh01:35 William Bence Jones02:45 Father John O'Leary04:00 Boycott of William Bence Jones07:25 Ballad, verses and melody09:15 The Bold Tenant Farmer (song)
WAXIES DARGLE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-04-13 | Eugene Dunphy connects a shindig at Irishtown, Dublin, to a rollickin' ballad.00:00 Dublin dargles00:50 Dargle at Scald Hill, Irishtown03:30 ballad: words and music05:45 A flood of letters08:20 Waxies Dargle (song)
THE CROPPY BOY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-04-06 | Eugene Dunphy delves into the history of the moving and evocative ballad of '98 Irish Rebellion.00:00 Intro01:20 William B. McBurney, ballad writer05:15 the 'croppy' hairstyle06:15 the verses08:35 the melody10:25 the painting11:30 The Croppy Boy (song)
SLANEY VALLEY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-30 | Eugene Dunphy connects a writer from Enniscorthy to a County Wexford classic.00:00 Intro00:35 Slaney Vally & Larry Cunningham02:05 Kinsella Family05:25 Padraig Kehoe, lyricist07:05 the lyrics07:45 Slaney Valley (song)
HENRY JOY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-23 | Eugene Dunphy reveals the identity of the man who penned the famous ballad about United Irishman, Henry Joy McCracken.00:00 Intro00:47 Henry Joy McCracken03:25 Ballad writer05:30 the verses07:05 the melody08:40 Stephen McCracken10:25 Henry Joy (song)
THE BELLS OF SHANDON (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-16 | Eugene Dunphy explores the history of a Cork classic.00:00 Intro00:45 Groves of Blarney01:25 Last Rose of Summer02:20 Fr. Mahony ('Fr. Prout')04:30 Bells of Shandon published05:55 Melodic variants07:30 Prout's last days09:15 The Bells of Shandon (song)
SLIEVENAMON (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-16 | Eugene Dunphy connects a Tipperary patriot to a poetic song of love.00:00 Intro01:10 Charles J. Kickham's early days04:25 Slievenamon published04:57 Kickham's later years07:15 Slievenamon (song)
ST. PATRICK WAS A GENTLEMAN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-09 | Eugene Dunphy reveals the identities of writers behind the joyful ballad about the Irish saint.00:00 Intro00:45 First performance and writers' names05:00 German translation06:00 the melody09:15 St. Patrick Was A gentleman (song)
MOLLY BRANNIGAN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-09 | Eugene Dunphy tells of how a Waterford actor made a star out of Molly Brannigan.00:00 Intro00:17 William Grattan Tyrone Power01:18 Purty Molly Brallaghan02:54 Rumours of authorship03:54 The melody05:50 The verses07:05 Molly Brannigan (song)
CASADH AN tSÚGÁIN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-02 | Eugene Dunphy explores the history of an enchanting Irish love ballad.00:00 Intro00:14 Fr. Patrick Malone's 'Lovely Ireland'01:30 Brooklyn novel and movie02:45 Ballad history05:08 Douglas Hyde's stage play06:52 The verses07:55 Casadh an tSúgáin (song)
THE REAL OUL MOUNTAIN DEW (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-03-02 | Eugene Dunphy tells of how an Irish-American actor and lyricist celebrated the joys of brewing homemade whiskey and poteen.00:00 Intro01:30 Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart02:15 David Braham (musician)03:45 Mountain Dew published06:20 Recordings 07:40 Real Oul' Mountain Dew (song)
THE DYING REBEL (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-24 | Eugene Dunphy explores the history of a 1916 tearjerker.00:00 Intro01:20 Ballad in New York02:40 Four-verse version03:45 Earliest recordings04:55 Edith Fowke version07:30 The Dying Rebel (song)
THE SPANISH LADY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-24 | Eugene Dunphy explores the story behind a Dublin classic.00:00 Intro00:50 Joseph Campbell (ballad writer)01:47 Origins of ballad02:35 Herbert Hughes02:50 Spanish Lady published03:58 Deaths of Herbert Hughes and Joseph Campbell04:55 Spanish Lady (song)
THE ROSE OF ALLANDALE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-17 | Eugene Dunphy tells how two English men wrote a Scots love song which became popular in Ireland.00:00 Intro01:00 Ballad writers Jefferys and Nelson02:00 Sheet music published03:30 Ballad in Ireland04:55 the verses06:05 Recordings07:20 Rose of Allandale (song)
THE HUMOUR IS ON ME NOW (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-17 | Eugene Dunphy explores the origins of a humorous ballad.00:00 Intro00:50 About the ballad01:19 Ballad's roots02:25 American version03:50 Delia Murphy's version05:25 The Humour is On Me Now (song)
EILEEN OGRADY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-12 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story of Mike Nono's 'Beautiful Eileen', a ballad which later morphed into 'Eileen O'Grady'. 0:00 Intro00:30 Mike Nono, writer04:20 Beautiful Eileen on radio and disc06:20 Ownership of ballad08:00 Beautiful Eileen (song)
THE TURFMAN FROM ARDEE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-11 | Eugene Dunphy goes in search of the writer of this charming County Louth classic.0:00 Intro (WW1)01:20 Ballad writer02:38 The verses03:50 Early performances04:30 Roguish sixth verse07:38 Turfman from Ardee (song)
SNOWY BREASTED PEARL (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-11 | Eugene Dunphy tracks the origins and rise of a charming Irish love song.00:00 Intro01:00 Origins of ballad02:05 New words added03:40 John McCormack's version05:45 Snowy Breasted Pearl (song)
THE ROCKS OF BAWN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-02-03 | Eugene Dunphy investigates the history of a soulful ballad. Who wrote it, and about what and where?00:00 Intro00:23 Where is Bawn?02:38 Lyrical variations05:19 Dating the ballad06:10 The verses06:48 The Rocks of Bawn (song)
THE BOSTON BURGLAR (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-27 | Eugene Dunphy delves into the trans-Atlantic history of a well-known prison ballad.00:00 Intro01:40 British origins of ballad03:15 American versions of ballad04:15 Charlestown State Prison05:20 Recorded versions08:30 Delia Murphy and Johnny McEvoy09:25 Boston Burglar (Song)
SHE LIVED BESIDE THE ANNER (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-27 | Eugene Dunphy links a poet and Fenian from Tipperary to a sublime love song.0:00 Intro01:20 She Lived Beside the Anner's other titles02:30 Charles Joseph Kickham06:05 The verses07:00 Early performances and recordings09:20 She Lived Beside the Anner (song)
SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FAIR (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-20 | Eugene Dunphy charts the origins and success of a haunting ballad.00:00 Intro00:50 Herbert Hughes (music arranger)/Padraic Colum (lyricist)01:34 Ballad published and performed02:45 Sydney MacEwan recording03:05 Death of Herbert Hughes03:40 Copyright issues05:45 Copyright issues resolved06:45 Further recordings07:04 A modal ballad08:00 She Moved Through the Fair (song)
HELLO, PATSY FAGAN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-20 | Eugene Dunphy links a Dublin actor and songwriter to a bouncing comic ballad.00:00 Intro00:46 T. P. Keenan, ballad writer02:50 Death of Keenan03:10 Keenan's other songs04:05 Hello Patsy Fagan published04:40 Joseph Maguire's recording05:05 Copyright dispute06:35 Recorded versions of Patsy Fagan08:48 Hello Patsy Fagan (song)
THE ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-13 | Eugene Dunphy traces the origins of a slip-jig classic.00:00 Intro00:13 Gems of Old Erin01:12 D. K. Gavan, ballad writer02:20 The verses04:24 The melody05:15 Gavan's Lannigan's Ball06:10 Harry Clifton08:15 Sheet music published08:38 Gavan's later life09:35 Ballad becomes global hit11:15 Like Kelly12:05 Rocky Road to Dublin (song)
THE ROSE OF ARRANMORE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-13 | 00:00 Intro00:14 John Carroll O'Connor01:20 McNulty Family02:20 Hugh O'Donnell, ballad writer03:50 Rose of Arranmore released04:45 Carroll O'Connor ('Archie Bunker')05:10 Little Gaelic Singers07:00 Recordings07:30 Rose of Arranmore (song)
THE MOUNTAINS OF POMEROY (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-06 | Eugene Dunphy gets behind the story of a County Tyrone song of love and war.00:00 Intro00:18 Peggy Boyle, Pomeroy01:18 Ballad published02:10 George Sigerson, ballad writer04:30 Examining the verses06:10 Ballad becomes popular07:40 The Mountains of Pomeroy (song)
BIDDY MULLIGAN, THE PRIDE OF THE COOMBE (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2024-01-06 | Eugene Dunphy reveals the real story behind a Dublin classic.00:00 Olympia, Dublin, 193000:40 Jimmy O’Dea01:20 Release of Biddy Mulligan01:50 Who wrote the song?02:35 Mrs Twankey, the Queen of the Coombe03:30 W. S. North, songwriter04:40 The Queen of the Coombe (song)06:45 W. S. North’s compositions07:50 Journalist investigates song09:05 Biddy Mulligan (song)
GOODBYE MICK, GOODBYE PAT (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2023-12-30 | Eugene Dunphy explores the history of an unusual song of emigration.00:00 Frank Quinn bio02:00 Ballad history03:20 The verses05:14 Larry Griffin recording07:37 Goodbye Mick, Goodbye Pat (song)
MY SINGING BIRD (ballad history) Eugene Dunphy 2023-12-30 | Eugene Dunphy tells the story of two women from County Tyrone, and how they crafted an endearing ballad.00:00 Intro0:12 Willie John Simpson0:35 Charlotte Milligan Fox01:10 Edith Wheeler02:20 First performance of ballad03:12 Ballad published05:20 Recordings06:40 My Singing Bird (song)
