Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Eugene Dunphy tells of how the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl inspired a Limerick poet to write a haunting love song.

0:00 Intro
01:08 Ellen Hanley murder
01:42 Gerald Griffin, ballad writer
02:34 Griffin's 'Collegians'
03:50 Death of Griffin
04:20 The Colleen Bawn (play)
05:00 Mary of the Curling Hair sheet music published
06:05 Recordings
06:50 My Mary of the Curling Hair (song)