THE STAR OF THE COUNTY TOWN (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
THE STAR OF THE COUNTY TOWN (ballad history) @eugenedunphy167
Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Eugene Dunphy tells how a Donegal raconteur made a star out of Rosie McCann.

0:00 Intro
0:55 Ballad writer Cathal MacGarvey
02:37 First performance of ‘Star’
03:10 The verses
04:10 MacGarvey as cinema manager
05:05 MacGarvey as actor
05:28 Devil and the Bailiff
06:10 Death of MacGarvey
06:40 Star of the County Down (song)
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THE STAR OF THE COUNTY TOWN (ballad history)

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