NANCY SPAIN (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
NANCY SPAIN (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Eugene Dunphy tells how an English journalist's name inspired an Irishman to pen a beautiful ballad.

00:00 Intro
00:40 Plane crash
01:30 Nancy Spain, journalist
02:15 Barney Rushe, songwriter
04:55 Nancy Spain (song)
NANCY SPAIN (ballad history)THE OULD LAMMAS FAIR (ballad history)HIGHLAND PADDY (ballad history)SWEET ROSIE OGRADY (ballad history)BIDDY MULLIGAN, THE PRIDE OF THE COOMBE (ballad history)THE PATRIOT GAME (ballad history)THE CURRAGH OF KILDARE (ballad history)THE BELLS OF SHANDON (ballad history)NO IRISH NEED APPLY (ballad history)THE WESTS AWAKE (ballad history)THE OLD RUSTIC BRIDGE BY THE MILL (ballad history)THE ROSE OF ALLANDALE (ballad history)
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NANCY SPAIN (ballad history)

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