Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Eugene Dunphy explores the life and times of Michael J. McCann, writer of O’Donnell Abú.

0:00 Intro
0:30 Michael Joseph McCann
01:00 Writing O’Donnell Abú
01:40 The verses
03:15 McCann as publisher
05:10 The melody
09:40 Seditious ballad
11:38 Ballad arrangements
12:35 An Irish national anthem
14:20 McCann’s final days
16:15 O’Donnell Abú (song)