Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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Eugene Dunphy traces the origins of a slip-jig classic.

00:00 Intro
00:13 Gems of Old Erin
01:12 D. K. Gavan, ballad writer
02:20 The verses
04:24 The melody
05:15 Gavan's Lannigan's Ball
06:10 Harry Clifton
08:15 Sheet music published
08:38 Gavan's later life
09:35 Ballad becomes global hit
11:15 Like Kelly
12:05 Rocky Road to Dublin (song)